Happy New Year 2016

Wishing for a warmer and sunnier January here in Texas!

Trap Mountain View

Trap Mountain View – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2016 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/16 for 1/40th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°10’10” N 103°26’13” W, 2842.5 ft

Gentle Curve – Big Bend National Park, Texas

The Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive in Big Bend National Park offers some of the most stunning vistas in the great state of Texas!

Gentle Curve

Gentle Curve – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2015 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/16 for 1/20th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°10’10” N 103°26’13” W, 2846.8 ft

Desert Green – Big Bend National Park

Desert Green

Desert Green – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2015 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 17-40mm f/4L USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 37mm, f/16 for 1/60th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°15’30” N 103°22’10” W, 3811.7 ft

Tunnel Vision – Big Bend National Park

Tunnel Vision

Tunnel Vision – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2015 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 28mm, f/16 for 1/80th of a second at ISO 100. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°12’9″ N 102°58’35” W, 1606.3 ft

Balance – Big Bend National Park, Texas

Nature teaches us many valuable lessons in life such as “Balance”. For a photographer, nothing beats hiking around in Big Bend’s Grapevine Hills area. Enjoy!

Balance

Balance – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2011 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark II set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/14 for 1/50th of a second at ISO 100 using Singh-Ray’s warming polarizer filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

The Big Valley – Big Bend’s Pine Canyon, Texas

The Big Valley

The Big Valley – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 35mm, f/13 for 1/160th of a second at ISO 400 using Singh-Ray’s warming polarizer filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°16’3″ N 103°14’48” W, 5340.6 ft

Pine Canyon Trail – Big Bend National Park, Texas

Sotol

Pine Canyon Trail – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2014 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 28mm, f/13 for 1/160th of a second at ISO 200 using Singh-Ray’s warming polarizer filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°16’3″ N 103°14’33” W, 5237 ft

Punta de la Sierra

The Punta de la Sierra, (also known as the Pinnacle Mountains), is five miles northeast of the Johnson Ranch in Big Bend National Park in southern Brewster County. This southernmost portion of the Chisos Mountains rises to an elevation of 4,885 feet above sea level but lies just three miles north of the Rio Grande river.

Punta de la Sierra

Punta de la Sierra – Big Bend National Park, Texas
Copyright © 2013 Jeff Lynch Photography
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Shot taken with a Canon EOS 5D Mark III with GP-E2 unit attached, set on aperture (Av) priority using an EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens tripod mounted. The exposure was taken at 24mm, f/16 for 1/60th of a second at ISO 100 using Singh-Ray’s warming polarizer filter. Post capture processing was done in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.

GPS Coordinates: 29°3’12” N 103°21’1″ W, 2185 ft