Last Light at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

            The Sun's last light illuminates some high clouds over the grasslands of Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. This preserve harbors 44 square kilometers of an ecosystem that once covered a million square kilometers and is almost all gone. This one shot is what I managed to get in my last dash into the preserve at the end of a 12+ hour drive. I had spent the morning photographing in Great Sand Dunes National Park in eastern Colorado, and didn't think I would make it there in time to photograph anything. As I got closer, I realized I might have a chance at a quick stop. I raced into the parking lot as the sun was setting, frantically inquired where I might go from the lone ranger who was leaving for the day and then set off in a spring with two cameras hanging from my neck and tripod in hand as I ran across the grassland minefield of buffalo droppings. This was the result of my sprint. The next day I had to carry on to the East and will have to one day come back and give the grassland its proper attention. It was neat to experience this tiny slice of this ecosystem, and it's interesting to imagine thousands of square miles of this in every direction with millions strong buffalo roaming wild in an extinct era.
   

Taken on: July 16, 2013

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Groups appears in: • Canon DSLR User Group • The Light Fantastic more » • U.S. National Parks and Places • Total Photography (No AI or SL) • National Parks, Monuments and Historical Sites • Tallgrass Prairie • 5D Mark 1, II, Mark III, Mark IV, S, SR • Canon TS-E 17mm f/4L • PetaPixel.com • Canon TS-E lens (Tilt & Shift), 17, 24, 45, 50, 90, 135mm « less

Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/11.0, 1/8 sec, 17mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Lens:	17
Aperture:	f/11.0
Exposure Time:	0.125 sec (1/8)
Focal Length:	17mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Macintosh)
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