{"id":12784,"date":"2017-09-03T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T09:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=12784"},"modified":"2017-09-02T19:55:40","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T00:55:40","slug":"balanced-rock-sunrise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/balanced-rock-sunrise\/","title":{"rendered":"Balanced Rock Sunrise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I always enjoy the short hike to Balanced Rock along the Grapevine Hills trail in Big Bend National Park. I have photographed the feature many times. My goal on this occasion was to find a different vantage point. I decided to setup my gear on a large boulder to the right of the feature which allowed me to capture the sun rising on the horizon as well as the rock. The advantage of my new vantage point is that I can showcase the area&#8217;s rock formations. The rock in the foreground is about four feet in front of me. This left me very little room to stand and set up my camera. I decided to take five photographs to capture the entire scene. I used my Kirk Long Rail to avoid Parallax Errors (distortion that occurs when capturing a panorama image with near foreground items). Overall I&#8217;m very pleased with my new location. I may return to this area in the future to photograph from a new vantage point.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_12781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12781\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/balanced-rock-sunrise\/balanced-rock-sunrise-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Balanced Rock Sunrise&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1504078706&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2017&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Another cloudless sunrise at Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park. Photoigraphed in the summer of 2017.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Balanced Rock Sunrise\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Another cloudless sunrise at Balanced Rock in Big Bend National Park. Photoigraphed in the summer of 2017.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Balanced Rock Sunrise&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12781\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock.jpg\" alt=\"Balanced Rock Sunrise\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/20170830-balanced-rock-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balanced Rock Sunrise<\/figcaption><\/figure>This image was taken with my&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5ds\/\">Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>&nbsp;using my&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-usm-lens\/\">Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4 Lens<\/a>&nbsp;set on 16mm. The camera was set on Manual mode with the aperture set at f\/14, shutter speed at 1\/15th of a second and the ISO set at 100. I used a tripod&nbsp;for stability and my Kirk Long Rail to avoid Parallax issues. This is a series of five images brought together in Lightroom and completed in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can see my Big Bend gallery&nbsp;by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/big-bend-np\/\">here<\/a>.&nbsp;Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1996\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/spider-spider-on-the-flower\/t-kahler-logo-white-no-c-mini\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-orig-size=\"177,49\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"T Kahler Signature\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1490323340853.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. Kahler Photography\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 2017 T. Kahler Photography<\/p>\n<p>You can also follow my work on&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+TerryKahler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a>&nbsp;or<\/em>&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tkahlerphotography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>PS: Please don\u2019t respond to this message as it will not reach me. Either post a comment or forward your response to my email address (terry@tkahler.com).<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Balanced Rock formation along the Grapevine Hills trail in Big Bend National Park. 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