{"id":10727,"date":"2016-12-14T04:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T10:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=10727"},"modified":"2016-12-13T21:51:19","modified_gmt":"2016-12-14T03:51:19","slug":"microbial-mat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/microbial-mat\/","title":{"rendered":"Microbial Mat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Believe it or not, I still have a bunch of photographs from my recent trip to Yellowstone National Park. This one of the microbial mat formed by the run-off of the Grand Prismatic Spring is one of my favorites. Although we could not see the spring in its entirety, the mats were amazing. These microbial mats form vivid colors around the edges of the mineral-rich spring.\u00a0They\u00a0produce colors ranging from green to red. The amount of color in the microbial mats depends on the ratio of chlorophyll to carotenoids and on the temperature of the runoff. In the summer, the mats tend to be orange and red, whereas in the winter the mats are usually dark green.<\/p>\n

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Microbial Mat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This image was taken with my\u00a0Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4 Lens<\/a>\u00a0set on 24mm. The camera was set on Manual\u00a0mode with the aperture set at f\/14, shutter speed at 1\/25th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I used a sturdy tripod to create a solid foundation and my\u00a0Kirk Long Rail<\/a>\u00a0to avoid Parallax Errors on the panorama. I captured seven\u00a0images and stitched them together into one image using Lightroom. I finalized the image in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n

You can access my Yellowstone\/Grand Teton collection by clicking\u00a0here<\/a>. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n

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