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Pinnacles in the mornig light
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Pinnacles in the mornig light



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1991 on a biggish trip

1991 on a biggish trip
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upload_dateApr, 2018

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annetteflottwell September 16, 2018
Thank you glad you liked it
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lissavanderveer December 20, 2019
Awesome picture!
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How awesome

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#4x5" #wa #Western Australia #Pinnacles Desert #toyo field #sand #desert #cones #sandstone
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Behind The Lens

Location

I think it was in October 1991 in the Pinnacles desert WA

Time

I slept on top of my Toyota right next to the place to be there at dawn. The shadows tell me it was not more than half an hour later

Lighting

The lighting was provided by the sun, the good weather by divine intervention. All I had to do is find a good angle

Equipment

I used my Toyo Field 4x5" with a Schneider 90 mm. The tripod I still have, it is a Sokkia surveyor's tripod. A linhof head with bubble level carries the weight nicely

Inspiration

The evening before I had seen the potential, but weather was not kind. so I explored a bit, but carefully avoided walking around too much between the rocks I walked around the cones careful no to leave any footmarks till I saw a nice lineup. A glorious dawn and a cool morning required fast movement for me and the camera. One has to get the dark bag ready, load film etc before it is to late.

Editing

All film had to be processed, weird question. There was a place in Perth that developed sheet film at a high price. Can't remember whether I sent it to Melbourne or had it done there. Scanner was my tiny SCREEN 4x5 drum scanner, built in 1995 bought 2nd hand in 2001

In my camera bag

Then there used to be heavy boxes with medium format Pentax 67 and the big fat field camera, most of all that heavy tripod. Today I use a Nikon d4 and a d800 and a lot of old lenses, most from before AF was introduced.

Feedback

Most of all, don't walk across the sand. Observe from outside. I stood on the roof of my Toyota to plan the thing the evening before. have patience and find a good angle. Since there are no field cameras around these days, get a wobbly lens if you can. I still dream of a flexible 24mm.

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