{"id":2812,"date":"2014-04-19T21:58:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T02:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/?p=2812"},"modified":"2014-04-19T21:58:32","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T02:58:32","slug":"way-out-west-big-bend-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/19\/way-out-west-big-bend-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Way out West – Big Bend National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a long time between posts.\u00a0 I’ve been to Big Bend National Park with a workshop and then on to Galveston’s Featherfest.\u00a0 This past week, Sandy Hurwitz and his lovely wife, Leslee, hosted me at their Transition Ranch west of Uvalde where we photographed as many birds as possible in two days.\u00a0 More about that later.<\/p>\n

For four days, Joe Zinn and I lead a group of 8 photographers around the huge west Texas\u00a0park in pursuit of the perfect landscape photo.\u00a0 I think they all got it.\u00a0 Unfortunately, you will have to look at some of my shots instead.<\/p>\n

Remember to click on the images\u00a0to\u00a0change them to a\u00a0larger, sharper format\u00a0and to get the “next” button.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Agave<\/a>
Agave and Chisos Mountains, Big Bend National Park at sunrise.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All these images were done with a Canon 5D Mark II camera; 16-35 mm or 24 – 105 mm lenses, Feisol carbon fiber tripod and ball head, and electronic release.\u00a0 For the shot of cactus (below), I used the super-wide lens focused from about 12″ while I leaned against\u00a0a small ledge over the river.<\/p>\n

\"Cactus<\/a>
Cactus and Rio Grande above the Hot Springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Rock<\/a>
Rock formation at sunrise with Chisos Mountains in the background.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Santa<\/a>
Santa Elena Canyon in black and white.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This image (above) needed some clouds to make the black and white image pop.\u00a0 Nevertheless, I decided to do it\u00a0anyway.<\/p>\n

\"First<\/a>
First light on Ocotillo and Santa Elena Canyon.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"The<\/a>
The Rio Grande and Chisos Mountains at sunset from overlook near Rio Grande Campground.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Light<\/a>
Light painting an old church in Terlingua, Texas on a clear night.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After I set up my camera and composed this scene (above), I went inside to light paint while another photographer triggered the 30 second exposure.<\/p>\n

\"Boquillas<\/a>
Boquillas Rim in the Sierra del Carmen range on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande at Big Bend National Park.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u00a0waited for this scene to develop\u00a0by allowing the sun to reach the western horizon.\u00a0 After the closer mountains were in shadow,\u00a0the Boquillas Rim turned pink in the\u00a0warm sunset light.<\/p>\n

In the next newsletter, I’ll share some bird\u00a0photos\u00a0from area ranches.<\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a long time between posts.\u00a0 I’ve been to Big Bend National Park with a workshop and then on to Galveston’s Featherfest.\u00a0 This past week, Sandy Hurwitz and his lovely wife, Leslee, hosted me at their Transition Ranch west of Uvalde where we photographed as many birds as possible in two days.\u00a0 More about … Continue reading Way out West – Big Bend National Park<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsletter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2812"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2822,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2812\/revisions\/2822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larryditto.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}