{"id":13359,"date":"2017-12-25T04:00:25","date_gmt":"2017-12-25T10:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=13359"},"modified":"2023-04-03T19:59:08","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T00:59:08","slug":"merry-christmas-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Merry Christmas 2017!<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13380\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/merry-christmas-2017\/attachment\/13380\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1071\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;16&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1494013220&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2017&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;31&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit-750x536.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit-1500x1071.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13380 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit.jpg\" alt=\"Merry Christmas 2017\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit-500x357.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/20170505-joshua-tree-forest-ch01-hdr-edit-750x536.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This image was taken with my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-eos-5ds\/\">Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/glossary\/canon-ef-16-35mm-f4l-is-usm-lens\/\">Canon EF 16-35mm f\/4 Lens<\/a>\u00a0set on 31 mm. The camera was set on Manual mode with the aperture set at f\/16, shutter speed at one second and the ISO set at 100. I used a tripod for stability.\u00a0This is a series of three bracket images (-1, 0, +1) brought together in Lightroom using the HDR Merge feature and completed in Photoshop using Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n<p>You can see my gallery for\u00a0the Joshua Tree National Park by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/joshua-tree-np\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0Please 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\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+TerryKahler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google+<\/a>\u00a0or<\/em>\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tkahlerphotography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. You can also see my Instagram posts by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/instagram\/\">here<\/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>Merry Christmas 2017!  This is another spectacular sunset in the Joshua Tree National Park. 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