post your trees!

[jcoldslabs]

How the f**k did you get such good contrast shooting against the sun?

I always have a hard time hiding the sun behind a branch. By the time I focused, loaded the film and shot, the sun has moved.

Uh, yeah.....what Ramiro said.

Very nice shots Isaac.

Jonathan

[Harley Goldman]

That one tree everybody in Portland lines up to photograph. 65mm on 4x5 is pretty wide.

Excellent take on the now iconic tree.

[Harley Goldman]

I was in Yosemite last weekend and was wandering around one of the many burned areas in the valley (not the Rim fire area). I came across this charred snag. It reminds me of a beatnik, with his beret on. Then again, might just be the brain cell abuse of coming of age in the 70's.

Chamonix 4x5, Fujinon A 240mm, Delta 100

[tgtaylor]

Great images Isaac and Harley!

Thomas

[andreios]

Harley, that one is really beautiful!

[Jody_S]

That one tree everybody in Portland lines up to photograph. 65mm on 4x5 is pretty wide.



Some of the people lined up to take a picture of that one tree.

Worth the wait, it seems! Do they have a little machine dispensing numbers, so photographers can queue in an orderly fashion?

[Jim Cole]

I was in Yosemite last weekend and was wandering around one of the many burned areas in the valley (not the Rim fire area). I came across this charred snag. It reminds me of a beatnik, with his beret on. Then again, might just be the brain cell abuse of coming of age in the 70's.

Chamonix 4x5, Fujinon A 240mm, Delta 100

Very nice, Harley. I definitely see the beatnik, although the image stands on its own.

[RHITMrB]

How the f**k did you get such good contrast shooting against the sun?

I always have a hard time hiding the sun behind a branch. By the time I focused, loaded the film and shot, the sun has moved.

I think what really helped is that the sun was at least partly obscured by a branch and leaves. In terms of metering, my strategy was to completely ignore the sun, allowing that area to blow out, but to then average my meter reedings from lit and shadow areas, then hope the contrast was low enough for my scanner to capture.

Uh, yeah.....what Ramiro said.

Very nice shots Isaac.

Jonathan

Excellent take on the now iconic tree.

Thanks!

Worth the wait, it seems! Do they have a little machine dispensing numbers, so photographers can queue in an orderly fashion?

Actually, there have been arguments. A friend says he witnessed one where a lady accused someone of "copying her shot"...

[Jody_S]

Actually, there have been arguments. A friend says he witnessed one where a lady accused someone of "copying her shot"...

Obviously, she should have whipped out a chainsaw and cut down the tree after taking her shot, that way she could be sure no one would copy it.

[Harley Goldman]

I found this section of tree wandering along the Merced river in the Yosemite valley. To give a sense of scale, the part of the tree in the image is about 5 or 6 inches across.


Chamonix 4x5
Fujinon 240mm
Delta 100