by Rich Leighton | Jan 25, 2024 | Colorado, Mammals, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountains, Squirrels, Uncategorized, Utah, Washington
The golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) is a fascinating species found across most of the western United States and north into Alberta and British Columbia in Canada. With a distinctive striped appearance and several unique behaviors, this...
by Rich Leighton | Oct 31, 2017 | Colorado, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Wildflowers
Following up on yesterday’s post in the Halloween theme, today’s post of another “spooky” bit of wildlife and nature – the mountain death camas. Over the summer I found myself in the Rocky Mountains looking for native orchids at around...
by Rich Leighton | Aug 9, 2017 | Colorado, NANP, Native Orchids, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
Last month I made a quick trip down to New Mexico and Colorado for a photography business trip and as I was coming over Independence Pass to the east of Aspen, I started spotting a lot of orchids on the side of the road. Because I had a free day or traveling set aside...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 9, 2017 | Alberta, Canada, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
So far as I continue to edit and prepare my landscape images from my recent trip to Banff National Park where I attended the HIGHLY recommended International Landscape Photographers’ Association Summit last month, this image on Mount Rundle is my favorite so far. ~...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 8, 2017 | Alberta, Canada, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains, Travel
If you ever feel the urge to stand between two incredible major North American mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies in the most beautiful light in the middle of winter, this is the best spot: Moose Meadows in Banff National Park. This valley of the Bow River is...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 7, 2017 | Alberta, Canada, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Rocky Mountains
Finally! My first image of Banff’s Cascade Mountain. Nearly three weeks after I attended the International Landscape Photographers’ Association Summit in Banff, Alberta last week, I’m finally getting a chance to start work on the images from my trip north...
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