jim_galli4 Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 In response to some of the folks wishing for more pix to look at and less tech talk I offer <a href="http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/AncientBristlecone.html">these .</a> I put them on a page earlier to send to a friend and thought I would stick my neck out and share with my friends here. These are quick and dirty scans with no dust touch up etc. but the ideas are present. Camera; Deardorff 5X7. Film: Arista 125. Developed in "Rollo" Pyro. 1,3,6,7 were done with Fuji 180mm F9A. 2,4,5,8 were done with a Schneider 420mm Repro Claron. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john_kasaian1 Posted May 27, 2003 Share Posted May 27, 2003 Jim, Wonderful photographs! What a great way to spend Memorial Day! How was the traffic going through Bishop with all those 'long ears' running amuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted May 27, 2003 Author Share Posted May 27, 2003 Thanks John. Enjoyed the mules with my grandbabies on Saturday and went shooting on Sunday. It was about 98 degrees in Bishop and 68 up at 9500 ft. in the Bristlecones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralph_barker Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Nice work, Jim. That's a great area up there. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin_cozine Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 great pics, I bet they will print up nicely. where exactly is the bristle-cone pine forest anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken_lee11 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 I like the first one. The Pyro seems to have helped retain the values in the distant mountain. I have taken the liberty of "fiddling" with it a little. (Hope that isn't rude). I got rid of the highway, and did a little burning and dodging here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_blakeslee Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Jim You photos look wonderful, even on my monitor. I love bristlecone pines. They are beautiful, in addition to being the oldest living things on earth. My favorite stand of bristlecones is right at timberline on the Mt. Evans highway in Colorado. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_fromm2 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Jim, slightly off topic. Was up there last fall, did a series of shots of cones in various stages of development. Nikon, MicroNikkor, flash, KM. Ambient light made NO contribution to the exposure. The young cones came out very blue on the slides. IIRC, in life they didn't glow blue. Please confirm that (a) my memory is failing or (b) that something odd happened between the flashes and the cones that the KM captured. Thanks, Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted May 28, 2003 Author Share Posted May 28, 2003 Thanks to all. Darin, these trees are in Eastern California in the White Mountain range east of the town of Bishop. They are the oldest living things. Some are dated back 3500+ years and still alive. They are unique and have a nobility about them. After they die they can stand in place for 1000's of more years. The wind and weather then sculpt them into beautiful shapes. Dan, don't know what to tell you. They are green bluish to some small extent. UV wasn't a factor if you lit with flash. Your local processor perhaps? I should add that the gate was locked just past the visitor center. I walked about 6 miles for these shots. Pressed by time as always, by the time I found an area I wanted to work in I only had about an hour to shoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian_kennedy Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 They look terrific, Jim! Around here, I think it stopped raining for all of 2 minutes during Memorial Day weekend (and then promptly started raining again), so my LF photo plans were dashed. Still waiting for the sun to make an appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian_olivet Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 Are these scans from contact prints or from the negatives. I like the tone of the prints, at least in my monitor they look a creamy warm grey. If that is the real color of the prints, then I am curious about the paper and developer used.I do only contact printing on AZO with Amidol. I am extremely satisfied with the tonality and sharpness of the prints, but not that much with the color. They seem neutral to blue black. For some reason I feel better with the warmish tones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim_atherton2 Posted May 28, 2003 Share Posted May 28, 2003 try Agfa Neutol WA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_galli4 Posted May 29, 2003 Author Share Posted May 29, 2003 Hi Christian. These are scans of the negs. Since Pyro negs are green yellow, I scan in color and when I invert they are blue purple. In Photoshop I use the hue/saturation slider to change the hue to a warm brown and then desaturate almost 90% so that just a hint of warmth is left on the crt. A cheap paper that gives near identical results is Freestyles "Europes finest warmtone" 8X10 single weight glossy FB developed in the old Ansco 135 formula. I usually like a warm tone. Forte FB Elegance in Ansco 135 is very nice also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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