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It looks like you were out there around October, as well, sheel. Those shots of Valley View look a lot like what I saw, only better.
Love that positive, Bryan. Just picked up a Nikkor SW 75mm f4.5 and can't wait to try it out on my Chamonix 45-F1.
Kenny
That cold lake is excellent. Lovely water, reminds me of still mornings in the Adirondacks. And i love all those leaf less trees.
Thomas That is some lovely light on the mountain. sorry you didn't get the stillness you were after but it still looks lovely. Well printed and toned.
Corran, I like the color version very much as well.
Thanks Kenny! Yes, I was out there around 10/22 - it was amazing to see the fall colors in Yosemite. Although, I do wish there was more density of color/trees.
I had a few other shots from the Merced on Velvia that I totally overexposed (+2-3 stops) - expensive lesson ... see below.
Can't wait to see your shots on the 75mm. I have a Rodenstock 75mm, but haven't found a good use for it yet - 75mm is insanely wide.
I was out there from 10-21 thru 10-25! A pity we couldn't have gotten together, sheel. By the time I left, the big leaf maples in the valley and along the river were just gorgeous. I should've spent some more time down there instead of doing what I did but don't regret it. There's always next year.
Kenny
Ah man, we were there at the exact same time - I arrived 10/22 and left 10/24 for Sequoia National Park! I did see someone with a 4x5 at Tunnel View on the evening of 10/22, around 5:30pm just before sunset, heading back to his car. The camera looked like it may have had a cambo reflex hood on it. Would that have been you??
Would be fun to meet some local film/large-format shooters.
The best colors/foliage I saw were the Maple's near the entry of the valley, at Valley View. Absolutely stunning along the Merced. I'm bummed I overexposed those Velvia shots.
Here's one I just dev'd last night on Ektar.
Sinar Norma 4x5
Kodak Ektar 100
Fujinon SW 90mm F8
Sheet 73 by Sheel Kapur, on Flickr
I like that one sheel. Ektar always has such electric blue skies though!
Here's something I took today. My original plan was a bust - went to a trail I've been wanting to hike for weeks but didn't realize to get much down it you have to ford a raging river (due to recent rains) and I was unprepared for that in improper clothes and with it being a chilly, windy day - not something I wanted to be wet in all day.
But I hung out around the edge of the "creek" and shot a few things anyway. Here are some water puddles on the banks of Holly Creek:
Chamonix 45n1, 150mm APO Symmar, TMX, FX-39, cropped 2:3
A last slide from my trip to the island Mallorca. Cap formentor. Velvia 50 slide film. 210mm Sironar N.
Mallorca Impression 15 by Sebastian Dziuba, auf Flickr
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