Tumacacori National Historical Park, Arizona

I've driven passed the Tumacacori Mission a few times while driving to Nogales and back. When I finally went there, I was quite impressed with what the National Historic Park had to offer. Besides the church itself, there are ruins of the rectory, a two-story grain storage building, a round mortuary, and a wonderful old cemetery. The construction of the church started around 1800 and was stopped in 1828 when Mexico evicted all Spanish-born residents. The construction was never completed, but some local Native Americans and other settlers used it until 1848 when Apache raids and a hard winter finally drove them away. The holes in the unfinished bell tower and front of the church are left over from the scaffolding that was used during construction.

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 15mm
Exposure: 1/500 second at f/4.5
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 10.7mm
Exposure: 1/500 second at f/5.6
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 6.0mm
Exposure: 1/60 second at f/3.2
Camera Mode: ISO 800 RAW

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 12.8mm
Exposure: 1/50 second at f/3.5
Camera Mode: ISO 800 RAW

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 6.0mm
Exposure: 1/500 second at f/4.5
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Lens: Internal 6.0-22.5 mm, set to 18.2mm
Exposure: 1/400 second at f/4.5
Camera Mode: ISO 100 RAW

Photographer: Rick Scott
Date: December 29, 2010
Camera: Canon PowerShot S90 digital camera
Software: Adobe Photoshop CS5 for raw conversion and image processing

Updated: 10 January 2011