{"id":13174,"date":"2017-11-18T04:00:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-18T10:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=13174"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:54:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:54:33","slug":"colorful-desert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/colorful-desert\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorful Desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This photograph was taken a few minutes before the one I posted yesterday. Same location, but a few feet to the left. As I mentioned yesterday, the spring season two years ago offered-up a very colorful desert floor. The only thing missing in this photograph is a flowering prickly pear cactus. I continue to return to Big Bend with hopes that I will see this wonderful scene again. I hear it\u2019s a once in a lifetime event.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13171\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13171\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/colorful-desert\/colorful-desert-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1125\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;11&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Colorful Desert&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1428998118&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Big Bend National Park duiring an unusual rainy season in the spring of 2015. The colorful desert floor is an unusal event.&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Colorful Desert\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Big Bend National Park duiring an unusual rainy season in the spring of 2015. The colorful desert floor is an unusal event.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Colorful Desert&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit-750x563.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13171\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Colorful Desert\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit-750x563.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/20150414-big-bend-np-glen-springs-sunrise-bs001-edit-edit-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colorful Desert<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5d-mark-iii\/\">Canon EOS 5D Mark III<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-24-105mm-f4l-is-usm-lens\/\">Canon EF 24-105f\/4L Lens<\/a> set on 24 mm. The camera was set on <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/aperture-priority\/\">Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/11, shutter speed at 1\/320th of a second and the ISO set at 1600. This is a single image processed in Lightroom and finalized in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can see my other photos of the Big Bend area by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/big-bend-np\/\">here<\/a>. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><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=\"alignnone wp-image-1996 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T. 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