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Twister Sierra Juniper

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Posted by David Senesac on July 14, 2007 at 11:22 PM
Pretty busy this summer with six backpacking trips already into the Sierra. The above image in Mokelumne Wilderness is a sierra juniper we named The Twister due to its twisted trunk and small twisted limbs on each side. I like to find tree subjects I can put up against the blue sky in order to provide a more striking graphic to their forms. Provia 100F 4x5 with my 90mm Caltar lens at EV14.5 1/8 second F/39. I first shot the tree in 1997 with Kodachrome in a 35mm SLR camera I had with me at the time. ...David
Posted by Paul Breitkreuz on July 16, 2007 at 9:32 AM
David, a nice capture of this very old & impressive looking juniper here. I have seen a lot of junipers, but this one has a very large and gnarly looking base to it for sure. It also appears to be very fine shape and healthy too. :wink:
Posted by Dan Truong on July 18, 2007 at 4:50 AM
Nice.
Nothing much to say about the framing nor saturation. Nitpick is the rock and groud colors look a little off on my screen. Sepia-ish...