What did you compose at Waters Edge?

[Heroique]

Jim’s “mountain-meets-water” image made me remember this one, where I searched in vain for some “near” interest on my side of the lake. (Cascade Range, Washington state)

No luck…

But I thought the mountain’s rounded top was, well, graceful enough for a shot. So were the erosion trails, radiating down and outward. So I put away my wide-angle lens, and pulled-out my 150mm to give the mountain more attention. (Actually, what you see is only the very top of the mountain; I’m near 4,000 feet.) Also, here’s a crop of the spires on high. I've seen mountain goats up there, but not today.

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Nothing special, an easy shot … so I thought about time … as I often do when I’m alone in these woods. Tectonic forces pushing up. Gravity & weather pulling down. Who will win? In the long run, I suppose they take turns. Mountains come and go. For now, I think the tectonic team has the edge. Of course, that’s geologic time speaking. In human time, when you hear those rocks tumble & splash into the lake, you think the gravity-weather team is the only winner in this picture…

Tachi 4x5
Schneider 150mm/9 g-claron
Ilford FP4+ (in D-76 1:1)
1/8 sec. @ f/32
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[jim kitchen]

Dear Larry,

Thank you for your comments...

I pass by this scene every time I cruise along the Smith Dorrien Spray Trail as I leave Canmore, and each time I pass by, the scene appears different. I must stop at this location every time just to pause a moment to look at it. The scene happens to be at the base of Ha-Ling Mountain, a mountain peak just south of Canmore, where the mountain's name has a history all to itself.

As a side note, I do remember that Ansel passed away on my birthday a few years ago.

jim k

[Jack Dahlgren]

Here is one from San Francisco - on some old old TXP.

[jim kitchen]

I think this is a repeat image, but none the less it was a fun image from 2007, and an image where I married two 8X10 negatives together...

jim k

Bow Lake, A Late Spring Thaw, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

[jim kitchen]

Ditto for this image too, where I married two 8X10 2006 negatives together...

jim k

Sibbald Meadows Pond, Kananaskis Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, 2006

[Bruce M. Herman]

Here's an image from Portage River in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska from a few weeks ago.

[h2oman]

"Married"? Aren't they calling that something else in another thread that has been raging away lately?

[Brian Ellis]

I think this is a repeat image, but none the less it was a fun image from 2007, and an image where I married two 8X10 negatives together...

jim k

Bow Lake, A Late Spring Thaw, Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, 2007

Did you . . . could you . . . would you . . . do the unmentionable and . . . I can hardly bring myself to say it, the word catches in my throat and won't easily come out . . . . . st . . . sti . . . . sssssssst . . . ich them?

[mandoman7]

Here's an image from Portage River in the Chugach National Forest, Alaska from a few weeks ago.

This is wonderful. The small bit of pink on the distant mountain is a masterful touch.

[mandoman7]

Ditto for this image too, where I married two 8X10 2006 negatives together...

jim k

Sibbald Meadows Pond, Kananaskis Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada, 2006

This must be striking in a good sized print, Jim.