Burning My Boats

Gallery: LandscapePosted April 10, 2011227 views6 comments

I was just starting large-format work when I climbed up the highest dunes at Great Sand Dunes in Colorado at dawn.

It was the most amazing day, as fog came in from the southwest, eventually enshouding all the dunes. Before the sun came up, I noticed these colors in the sky.

I wasn't comfortable enough with my 4x5 to get it set up in time, so I took a few shots with my Nikon before the day was basically already over because of the fog.

After this trip, I stopped loading film in the 35, essentially "burning my boats", to force me to shoot with the 4x5 from then on. :)

Nikon FE, 105mm, Velvia 50. 2 seconds at f 16

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6 comments

Comment posted by Andreas Resch on April 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM

Nice colors and play with the layers in the foreground, Michael. Unfortunately the compression looks very bad though.

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Comment posted by Hamed Musharbak on April 10, 2011 at 4:49 PM

hi Michale, looks great but the resolution is too low, did you check the right file before uploading the image ??

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Comment posted by Tony Kuyper on April 10, 2011 at 9:19 PM

Ditto what Andreas said, Michael. These layers are really nice, just maybe needs better sharpness.

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Comment posted by David Chauvin on April 11, 2011 at 5:28 PM

With the comp and cool layering there would appear to be a nice image in there but something has been lost in the translation to the web.

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Comment posted by Gary Crabbe on April 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM

Hey there, Mr. Hardeman! What a sweet image. Hope life is treating you well. Shoot me a note sometime and say Hi.

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Comment posted by Michael Hardeman on April 12, 2011 at 9:42 AM

Thanks, everyone.

I realize this scan is not the best. I did it years ago and never cleaned it up to my satisfaction. I fear that the slide got so much dust on it that it might not be usable any more.

Great to hear from you Gary! I hope you've fully recovered? I'm still in NC (after 6 months in AZ back in '08).

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