Images from my June 2022 Road Trip

[Corran]

I was thinking maybe I don't flood the relevant threads so I'll dedicate this one to photos from my cross-country road trip, at least the 35mm and 120 here.

I shot about 50 rolls of 35mm and 120 so I have lots of work to do. I developed 5 rolls this evening and here's the first one hot off the scanner.

Bandon Beach
Hasselblad / 40mm / R25 filter / Delta 100

[Corran]

Also from Bandon, found hiding in the midst of a couple big haystacks:

[Corran]

Zabriskie Point Sunrise, Death Valley
Hasselblad / 150mm

[Tin Can]

Excellent!

[Corran]

Thanks Randy!

Here's something from Phoenix, AZ:



Another from Zabriskie, I think I like this one better:

[John Layton]

...that piece of driftwood is stunning!

[darr]

Loving these images, Bryan!!

[Sal Santamaura]

...Another from Zabriskie, I think I like this one better...

Me too. I've found that, unless one happens to be in DV when some frontal activity is churning things up, the "air" (here in California I rate it just like peanut butter, namely, creamy, crunchy, etc.) makes images that include distant objects and sky look bad. Especially in black and white. Leaving out the sky helps avoid accentuating the "haze." You had better luck with that viewpoint than I did. My similar framing included so much muck that even the skyless version didn't work.

[Corran]

Thanks y'all! And yes, I definitely started to compose w/o sky that morning. Glad I brought my 150mm, almost didn't. Sometimes I like a hazy blue sky with pastel colors, so I'll see how the color film came out when I finally get there, probably in a week or two.

That driftwood was sweet, here's another angle, after I climbed up a rock:

[Corran]

Self-Portrait in Chinatown

Leica M6, MS-Optical 35mm f/3.5, T-Max 100