The Wave Panorama, April, 2008

I pulled this panorama out of a 4×5 image to accentuate the wave look of the different walls. I shot using a Fuji 360mm from a little farther back from the bowl getting some compression using the longer focal length. These exposure variations may be better suited to digital where one can experiment literally hundreds of times without worrying about film expense. Exposing 4×5 color sheet film is now $7.00 each including processing. I also flipped the image horizontally to change the the flow of your eye from left to right.

The Wave, Second Visit, April 2008

I wanted something different this time. On anyone’s first visit you might be overwhelmed by the awesome spectacle of standing above the bowl and looking down at the striations, and color, and the majestic sight before you. Because the view is so inspiring you just begin shooting and it may end up being just like every other image of it you have seen.

I accentuated the foreground on this image, setting the tripod very low to the ground. I used a 120mm Schnieder, which still allowed me to tilt the standard and pull in both near and far points.

One thing you can count on is that the exposure will be close to sunny 16. Mine ended up being a half stop under and then I darkened this image a little more in photoshop.

La Plata Lupines

This is an image I don’t care for but wanted to post to remind myself to keep trying. The sky was flat due to the cloud layer, which I thought I was going to like but the image comes out a tad flat looking. And then there is the sky itself, a little overexposed for my taste, and the mountains are way off due to the wide angle lens I used, a 75mm, 4×5 Schneider Super Angulon.

Fort Lewis College Photographic Art show 2008

I was pleasantly surprised to win first place color for the second time at Fort Lewis with my entry, ‘Red Rock at Cajon.’ I had the idea of making the image a sepia tone, black and white and then adding back in some color in the foreground, kind of like tinting in Photoshop. It won the prize from 147 entries and it sold twice.