post your trees!

[Peter Lewin]

This is a continuation of the thread about the 600-yr-old White Oak at the Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, NJ. The tree is dying, this year only a few branches have sprouted leaves, while the majority of branches are barren. A number of articles have been written about the tree, since it has already exceeded the expected lifespan for a White Oak. Anyway, having made photographs of the tree in 2007 when it was still in good health, I drove over to take pictures towards the end of its life. I have posted four images below. All are straight negative scans from the HP5+ negatives developed in PMK. The first is a single negative, the others are panoramas made from 2 negatives each, merged in photoshop. I made the pairs for printing in my darkroom as 11x14s, and trimming and dry mounting so that the end results will look like the PS merges.

I haven't decided which images I will print yet, so all comments are welcome.

baskingridgeoak2016-1 by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

baskingridgeoak2016-2pano by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

baskingridgeoak2016-3pano by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

baskingridgeoak2016-4pano by Peter Lewin, on Flickr

[mikl]

Probably sin of sins but I cropped it digitally after scan on Epson V800 I think the contrast may have been nudged a little bit but not much I am usually pretty subtle in Lightroom.
Michael

[RSalles]

Miki,

Perfect composition for my eyes, don't move a dime neither left or right: it's just well balanced and well taken. I'm jealous, but happy.

Cheers,

[mikl]

Thanks RSalles, I shoot this tree every year and this is the first time with the 4x5, It is on Mount Skene at an elevation just under 1600 meters, not high in the scheme of the world but it is about as high as you get in Australia. Tree is a Snow Gum and has been burnt by bush fires but it is slowly re generating as you can see. Our trees mostly need fire for re birth.
Michael

[Maris Rusis]

mikl, that marvellous Snow Gum from Mount Skene inspires to put up a example from Charlotte Pass in New South Wales.

Wide Snow Gum

Gelatin-silver photograph on Arista edu Ultra FB VC photographic paper, image size 19.6cm X 24.7cm, from a 8x10 Fomapan 200 negative. Camera was a Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 121mm f8 lens. This Snow Gum has grown in the shelter of the rock to avoid mountain storms. The trunk is 3 metres wide but only 1.5 metres tall.

[mikl]

Maris, beautiful. I often wonder if there is a more interesting tree to photograph. I have been in love with them for years.
Michael

[Pali K]

Spectacular as always Maris!

[jmontague]

Dawn in Eagles Nest Wilderness, Colorado. Burke & James 4x5, Ilford FP5+. Processed in HC-110 and printed on Ilford fiber based paper.


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[jmontague]

Make that HP5+.


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[mathieu Bauwens]

[IMG]Scan-8x10_0006 by Mathieu Bauwens, sur Flickr[/IMG]

Kodak 2D 8x10
Fuji 300mm f5,6
Bergger Pancro 400