Category: Still Photography

2012 Summer Issue – Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine – cover photo by Michael Mau

On Jan. 7, 2012 I setup a trailcam on private property in the foothills just West of Denver.

Every year Wayne Lewis, Editor/Art Director of the Colorado Outdoors Magazine produces a photo issue highlighting really neat images of wildlife in Colorado. The issue came out and I was fortunate enough to have several images published. Here are a couple quick iPhone snapshots of the magazine. In the first image of the magazine I shot the full page whitetail deer and the 1/4 page mountain goat looking into the spotting scope. In the second image of the magazine I shot the sunrise mule deer image. Great magazine if you would like to subscribe click here.

I’ve had my Canon 1D Mark IV’s for almost a year now and for the most part I’m really happy with them. Lately though, I’ve been second guessing the focus. Last week I’m out in the field shooting white-tailed deer and I’m really paying attention to the images as I shoot them. So I’m chimping away in the downtime…zooming in as far as I can and running around the image checking the focus. I’m not getting as many tack sharp images as I think I should be.

Sometimes, something strikes you as too good to be true and this was one of those instances. Looking at the photo in question at the time of it’s winning, I questioned if the story was as reported. Now, I know. Read this article and judge for yourself.

You’ve heard of the old adage: “If you haven’t used it in a year, get rid of it”? At the end of each year we take an inventory of our equipment, identifying what hasn’t been used in a while and what will be needed for upcoming productions. We then take those two lists and determine what we want to sell to raise capital in order to reinvest in new equipment for 2010.

I approved the final proof for our new poster project “Monarch of the Sky.” We are going to press next Tuesday and will be printing 2000 of these posters at a size of 18 x 24 inches.

Mature bull elk photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  Canon 5D Mark II – Canon 500mm F4 IS lens – Gitzo Tripod and Sachtler video head.  No the lens wasn’t dirty…it’s actually a light snow falling on this late September day.

Bull Elk – Rocky Mountain National Park There are four weeks I look forward to each year, roughly from the middle of September to the middle of October.  As the temperatures become cooler and daylight decreases, the season signals the elk to initiate their annual breeding cycle (aka the rut) and elk photography is absolutely [...]

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