I completed the Denver Colfax Marathon this past weekend, and technically it’s my 2nd marathon, but I kind of consider it my first.  I did the Salida Run Through Time marathon several years ago but had to walk a good part of it due to snow and mud. This weekend’s marathon was my first, straight up road run of 26.2 miles.  I finished in just a shade over 5 hours – not …

This is one of my all-time favorite photos that I have taken.  There are often one, or two Bald Eagles that nest down in the open space in Broomfield, Colorado, near my house.  I run past them all of the time, but never have  a camera ready.  Then, the few times I go down there with a camera, they are gone. Finally, last week, I got lucky and had my 5D3 and …

We made the road trip to Sedona over the holidays, and I wanted to see what kind of stars (astrophotography) I could get with my new camera (Canon 5d3). Sedona and Northern Arizona are known for minimal light pollution, so I thought it might be a worthwhile endeavor. I picked a really lovely evening on the deck at my parents’ house.  I did several shots of different exposures and times, and one …

Did my first 1:1 camping with Johnnie this September (2014) and we had a great time.  I wanted to go as high as possible in Rocky Mountain National Park, but it was kind of a chilly weekend so we opted for Moraine Campground which is pretty low.  It was a great evening, and Johnnie had a blast lighting his first campfire, and gorging on Smores. The moon was almost full and we …

I was experimenting more with photographing the stars this past weekend, and didn’t think of it until the sun went down that there was almost a full moon, so it was hard to get a “Milky Way” shot.  However, the sky was clear, and my campfire was doing a fine job of Light Painting the nearby trees, giving the photo a really cool effect that I was pleased with. See the full …

We visited St. Elmo, Colorado this past weekend, which is a ghost town up past Mt. Princeton.  For a ghost town, though, there was certainly a lot of activity.   The general store is open and a lot of ATV traffic. It was nice, though, to see about 6 hummingbirds hanging around the outside of the store.  It was barely raining so I was concerned about getting my camera wet, but went …

Every year I say the same thing – where did summer go, and wow, the leaves seem to be turning really early.  In our open space, the tops of trees are already yellow, and this week, in late July, there is a definite coolness in the air. I round this leaf on my long run this week (hit 12 miles on Sunday) and brought it home.  I thought that it was a …

I wanted to see just how many stars I could get, in the middle of Broomfield, which is surrounded by the Denver Metro area – so lots of light pollution.   I started at around twilight, and took a photo every 20 minutes or so. This one was my favorite.  This shows far more stars than could be seen with the naked eye, but still, not as many as I wanted to see. …

I had a really fun opportunity recently to write an article/blog post for the Huffington Post. My profile is: David Besnette on the Huffington Post. I did a little story that has stayed with me since my days working in Vail, Colorado called ‘My Tipping Point Towards Happiness‘ and how one little life event nudged me to make significant changes. I will be doing further posts for them. Had you asked me …

Here is the time-lapse out of my camera – August 11, 2012 from Rocky Mountain National Park.  I love the shooting star about 1/2 way through, and then a flash of headlights makes it look like it landed and exploded!