{"id":7248,"date":"2016-04-01T04:00:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T09:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=7248"},"modified":"2016-07-21T21:45:51","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T02:45:51","slug":"photo-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/photo-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of the Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was informed late yesterday that I have been awarded the &#8220;Photo of the Year&#8221; award for 2015 by the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/National_Organization_for_Development_of_Exceptional_Talents\" target=\"_blank\">National Organization of Talent<\/a> (NOT) in the category of Rare Events And Landscapes (REAL). This award is handed out annually by the President of the Organization to an individual who has exhibited great creativity and technical talent. I&#8217;m truly honored to have received this great award and will cherish it for the rest of my life. Thanks to all of you that made this wonderful award possible and for those of you that follow my photography journey.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7245\" style=\"width: 1500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7245\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7245\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/photo-of-the-year\/moon-over-texas-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1001\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Terry B. Kahler&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 10D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1124488612&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Terry B. Kahler 2016&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Moon over Texas&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Moon over Texas\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo-750x501.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7245\" src=\"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of the Year\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1001\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo-750x501.jpg 750w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo-500x334.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/2016-04-01-April-Fools-Photo-930x620.jpg 930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of the Year<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This image was taken with my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/c\/search?Ns=p_PRICE_2%7c1&amp;ci=9811&amp;setNs=p_PRICE_2%7c1&amp;N=4288586282+4291420693&amp;srtclk=sort&amp;origSearch=hasselblad%20cameras\" target=\"_blank\">Hasselblad H5D-200c<\/a> using my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhphotovideo.com\/bnh\/controller\/home?O=&amp;sku=900404&amp;gclid=Cj0KEQjw8u23BRCg6YnzmJmPqYgBEiQALf_XzQlhd3bKKo91QvTJg0LwAVQY0HeccLYPZw2hp63Q-lwaAg_88P8HAQ&amp;Q=&amp;ap=y&amp;m=Y&amp;c3api=1876%2C92051678642%2C&amp;is=REG&amp;A=details\" target=\"_blank\">Hasselblad HCD 24mm f\/4.8<\/a>. The camera was set on mode with the aperture set at f\/45, shutter speed at 90 seconds and the ISO set at\u00a0409,600. This is a single unprocessed image.<\/p>\n<p>This image is best when viewed large. Click on the image to enlarge it. 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