We are headed into the backcountry tomorrow for some real work, but I wanted to post a snapshot taken from the tourist deck at Monument Valley this evening. We're making a 60-mile trek up onto the top of Hunt's Mesa in the morning (in a bumpy old van), then will camp out for a while and shoot whatever we happen to find. I was shocked to see that the large-format master himself, David Muench, is now shooting a digital 35mm Canon!!!! I about fell off of the bluff when he told me it was true (and then pulled it out of his bag and started shooting). I think he may just be doing this for his tourist shots and saves the big camera for his real work...
Nice landscape out there, Tim, and the warm afternoon light enhaces this scene beautifully.
Speaking of LF, for the first time in about a year, I was able to get my 4x5 out for a couple of nights last week, but won't get the trannys back till next week. Even though I've been shooting digital for over a year now, I have to admit that big lightjet prints from a 4x5 drumscan are hard to beat...
Friday night. I've got to tell ya a quick funny story while I'm waiting for the sun to drop down a little bit here and the rocks to get redder. Last night while sitting around the campfire after shooting an incredible burst of light up on Hunt's Mesa that lasted about a minute, I was sitting next to David Muench as we were trying to eat dinner. Our Native American guides had fixed t-bones on an open fire, although it was kind of dark so not too sure exactly what they were really serving us. Anyway, we only had styrofoam plates, and when you try to cut a t-bone steak with a steak knife on a styrofoam plate the blade goes right on through - not a good idea to do this on your lap. David and I were having some conversation about something or other when he finally just gave up trying to cut the steak, picked it up in his hands, and started gnawing on it! Here is the man I consider the greatest nature photographer on the planet today, and he wasn't using any silverware. (kind of made me fell right at home) "We have pictures to make, who needs to be proper!" It has been a most interesting workshop so far and I have a few good Muench stories to pass along when the time is right...
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7 repliesSpeaking of LF, for the first time in about a year, I was able to get my 4x5 out for a couple of nights last week, but won't get the trannys back till next week. Even though I've been shooting digital for over a year now, I have to admit that big lightjet prints from a 4x5 drumscan are hard to beat...
Have a great trip!
Why, we have neat craggy junipers just like that clinging on the edges of cliffs. Sometimes, I just don't understand him.
elstwise we may pay dearly.