{"id":5731,"date":"2015-12-31T04:00:18","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T10:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2023-04-06T15:45:45","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T20:45:45","slug":"reflecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/reflecting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This \u00a0year went by so fast! I have been reflecting back on it and\u00a0I believe that 2015 has been a wonderful year and it\u00a0was\u00a0especially so for my photography hobby. I have learned more about photography and I think I have\u00a0accomplished more things this year than any other year. Most importantly though, I have met a lot of new friends and I have built memorable moments with them. I am especially thankful for\u00a0my two trips to Big Bend NP\u00a0where I was able to learn a lot from my friends but also put many of the new techniques I learned to use. Another one of my memorable accomplishments is\u00a0my updated website. \u00a0I had been wanting to upgrade my photography website and this blog is part of that. \u00a0It has been incredibly rewarding for me to share my thoughts and photography work with all of you. \u00a0Thank you for reading my daily posts and for commenting on my imagery and stories.<\/p>\n<p>My father was a very talented man and he had a great talent for painting and drawing, neither of which I inherited. \u00a0So, since I don&#8217;t have that talent and I wanted to post a painting, I decided to take this photograph of a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audubon.org\/field-guide\/bird\/northern-cardinal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Northern Cardinal<\/a>\u00a0that I took at <a href=\"http:\/\/tpwd.texas.gov\/state-parks\/pedernales-falls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pedernales Falls State Park<\/a> and use some special effects software to turn it\u00a0into an oil painting. Perhaps some day I will pick up a brush and canvas and learn a new hobby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5728\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5728\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5728\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/reflecting\/northern-cardinal-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Northern Cardinal&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1450357095&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;600&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;5000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Northern Cardinal&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;exposure_bias&quot;:&quot;0\/1&quot;,&quot;flash&quot;:&quot;16&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Northern Cardinal\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Northern Cardinal&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting-750x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting-1500x1000.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5728\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting.jpg\" alt=\"Reflecting\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/20151217-Pedernales-Falls-Birding-095-Oil-Painting-750x500.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Reflecting Northern Cardinal &#8211; Oil Painting<\/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\/sigma-150-600mm-f5-6-3-dg-os-hsm-lens\/\">Sigma 150-600mm f\/5.6-5.3 Sport Lens<\/a> set on 600 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\/9, shutter speed at 1\/500th of a second and the ISO set at 5000. This is a single image processed in Lightroom and then using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.topazlabs.com\/impression\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Topaz Impression<\/a> to add the oil painting effect.<\/p>\n<p>You can view my Birds of Texas collection by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/texas-birds\/\">here<\/a>. 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\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1996\"><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 Signature\" width=\"177\" height=\"49\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a9 2015 T. Kahler Photography<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reflecting back on this year, I believe that 2015 has been a wonderful year and it especially so for my photography hobby.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[149],"tags":[473,516],"class_list":["post-5731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife","tag-northern-cardinal","tag-oil-painting","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reflecting - T. 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