Hardscrabble Farewell

Gallery: LandscapePosted October 5, 2012274 views7 comments

I spent a lot of this season just photographing on Hardscrabble, which is 4 miles from my house. Unbelievable access for a guy who used to get to photograph aspens maybe once every couple of years, and usually for about 2 or 3 days.

I had been all over this mountain, picking out different groves for weeks. It was after a session that I found myself poking around and found this composition of trees against a red rock cliff, covered with reddish brush.

I shot several digital shots after I managed to get 3 8x10 film images before the wind started blowing at dawn on Wednesday. I shot 2 images at f90 with the 8x10 and 1 at f128. The f-90 shots were 45 second exposures on Velvia. I went back yesterday morning, and after a full day of wind, most of these leaves were gone. Hopefully, I got the shot on film.

5DMII 70mm 4 sec @f32

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on October 5, 2012 at 6:30 PM

Good colors! An excellent composition, with just enough stems to dominate the composition without overwhelming the leaves and red rock.

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Comment posted by Phil Knouf on October 5, 2012 at 10:37 PM

Very nice capture of the fiery glow of the Aspen leaves behind the lovely white trunks! Understand what you mean on waiting for the film exposures to arrive. Major reason, along with the cost, of my transition to my Canon 5D MKII and the use of my 24mm TSE lens. What at beautiful chunk of glass.

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Comment posted by Nathan Apodaca on October 6, 2012 at 1:08 AM

The red rocks in the back fit the fall theme well. I love this image! 4 miles away?? Quite an area...

As a quick comment, does this appear sharper than your previous images uploaded here? I'm enjoying the crispness of this, so whatever you are doing or changed, keep it up. Keep 'em coming!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on October 6, 2012 at 7:02 AM

Another fine aspen image Michael! The foliage in the bg works just great.

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Comment posted by Tom Haxby on October 6, 2012 at 9:51 PM

Just simply gorgeous. I could imagine this printed large on a wall.

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Comment posted by Ken Smith on October 7, 2012 at 12:03 AM

Superb! Trunks on the left are fetching to the eye with the side-light. Background is special....looks like a big poster is the way to see this. Nicely done.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on October 7, 2012 at 9:45 AM

Michael, I like this image a lot! The large version looks so nice. A wonderful fall scene with beautiful color. I really like the how the white trunks contrast with the background color. Nice work!

Nick Bristol
Lone Rock, WI

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