Spires Breath

Arches National Park, Utah

This is an old large format 4X5 Tri-X image taken back in 1982 using a red filter to darken the sky. Still can't image how I transported all that camera equipment...... Cambo 4X5, Mamiya 645, and several Olympus OM4's with multiple lens for all. Oh, I forgot a changing bag for 4X5 film and associated holders with a cooler for the film.....

The negative was developed by me back then in my dark room and recently scanned on my Epson V750.

I decided to revisit some of my old southwest images since our youngest son Kevin drove through these same areas this weekend on his way to his summer job with the US Forest Service in Kaibab National Forest, Williams AZ. He is 8 credits away from his Bachelors of Science Degree in Forestry with a minor in Outdoor Education from the University of New Hampshire (and did receive the honor of being a Presidential Scholar on May 16). He also spent the past week camping, hiking, and rock climbing in the Colorado Rockies with a couple of his friends from UNH. Hopefully he took some good pictures with my Canon G1X which I gave him for the trip!

Thanks for having a look. This is an old film image so I know there is a lot of graininess.