Pikes Peak Garden of the Gods Photos
Located below please view our gallery of Pikes Peak Garden of the Gods Photos in Colorado Springs. These photos were taken in between appointments when visiting Colorado Springs. We noticed the beautiful white puffy clouds forming as the morning temperatures were on the rise. We were only a few miles away form the location and decided to take quick a detour to drop by the Garden of the Gods Visitors Center. From the overlook at the visitors center we set up with our Gitzo Mountaineer tripod and our Nikon D750. The beautiful white puffy clouds gave way to blue skies and dramatic light patterns and shadows on the Garden of the Gods rock formations. These photos were taken in the Spring on May 9, 2016 at 10:24am.
Pikes Peak Garden of the Gods Photo Gallery
Gear Used to Photograph Pikes Peak Garden of the Gods
The following camera gear was used in the Landscape Photos of Pikes Peak & Garden of the Gods:
- a Nikon D750 with Nikon MB-D16 Battery Grip,
- a Nikkor 28-300mm, F/3.5‑5.6,
- a Gitzo GT2542 Mountaineer Series 2 Carbon Fiber Tripod,
- with a Really Right Stuff BH-40 LR Ballhead,
- ThinkTank DIGITAL HOLSTER 40 V2.0,
- and an Apple iPhone 6s Plus.
The 10:25 am morning exposures for the Pikes Peak and Garden of the Gods images averaged between 1/3200 of a second 1/50 of a second at F/11 at an ISO of 125. The Garden of the Gods images were taken with the Nikkor 28-300mm lens. A number of the photos on this page images were created by combining 7 exposures at one full stop apart so that we could capture the dynamic range of scene. The wide panoramic images were created by combining up to 9 vertical images.
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