Joshua Tree - 4x5 Tri-x

[Daniel Buck]

Had a nice weekend camping with some of my coworkers, I managed to get some 4x5 shots while hiking with the group.

the star shot is 2 hours at f8, 90mm

 

[Cem_Usakligil]

Hi Daniel,

I am impressed that you can take 4x5 pictures while hiking with you colleagues, they must be very patient, huh? ;-)

I am puzzled by the starry scene, why does the curvature of the star trails change halfway? Has it got to do with the characteristics of the lens you've used?

Cheers,

 

[Cedric MASSOULIER]

Hi,

I love the second pic, which shows this dead tree : very strong.

Cedric.

 

[Daniel Buck]

Thanks for the replies

Cem, yes I think the star shot has some distortion from the wide angle lens I was using. I was not expecting this to happen, I don't really like the distortion to much, but it might be making the image a bit more interesting than just straight lines or perfect arching lines? I'm not sure I do know that I will be trying some more of these shots in the future!

 

[doug anderson]

Daniel: I love Joshua Tree and used to go there often when I lived in Claremont and Pomona. Unfortunately, all my shots are on film. I did a few night shots too. These are neat, especially the first. This particular rock formation is something out of Dante's inferno.

PS the sky looks like you used an orange filter.

D

 

[Charlotte Thompson]

all of these a very excellent shots and black and white images are stunning-
my favorite
is the star shot
looks very much what "The Black Hole does to galaxies"
the huge swirling mass-that eventually sucks in dying or dead stars- a vacum cleaner of sorts-

Charlotte-