{"id":2267,"date":"2015-08-12T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T09:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=2267"},"modified":"2020-12-22T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:57:53","slug":"san-xavier-del-bac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/san-xavier-del-bac\/","title":{"rendered":"San Xavier del Bac"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mission_San_Xavier_del_Bac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Xavier del Bac Mission<\/a> is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O&#8217;odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. I visited this area in the spring of 2013 and stopped in at the mission to capture some images. \u00a0I had visited this area before when I was shooting B&amp;W film and thought the mission was a good candidate for color digital photography.<\/p>\n<p>The history behind the mission is quite interesting. \u00a0It was founded in 1692 by Father Eusebio Kino and named after Francis Xavier, a Jesuit missionary. \u00a0Construction on the new church began in 1700 until it was destroyed by the Apache in 1770. \u00a0Today&#8217;s mission was built in the late 1700&#8217;s and is the oldest European structure in Arizona. \u00a0The Mission is a pilgrimage site, with thousands visiting each year on foot and on\u00a0horseback.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2263\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2263\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/san-xavier-del-bac\/attachment\/2263\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" 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 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;San Xavier del Bac&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1364550354&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;12800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.05&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;San Xavier del Bac&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;exposure_bias&quot;:&quot;0\/1&quot;,&quot;flash&quot;:&quot;16&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"San Xavier del Bac\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;San Xavier del Bac&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE-1500x1000.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-2263 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE.jpg\" alt=\"San Xavier del Bac\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20130329-St-Xavier-Mission-AE-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">San Xavier del Bac<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my Canon EOS 5D Mark III using my EF24-105mm f\/4L IS USM set on 24 mm. The camera was set on Aperture priority mode with the aperture set at f\/16, shutter speed at 1\/20. \u00a0The facility is very dark so I had to shoot at ISO 12800. \u00a0I used a sturdy tripod as well. \u00a0I took a series of 3 bracketed photos and did my post-processing in Photomatix, Lightroom and Photoshop.<\/p>\n<p>Click on the image to get a better look at this image. Please use the section below to post your comments, questions or suggestions.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.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=\"https:\/\/www.tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/T-Kahler-Logo-White-No-C-Mini-e1438517270490.png\" alt=\"T Kahler Signature\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2015 T. 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