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18 October 2007


Fall leaves on the Maples near Cave Springs in Oak Creek Canyon

Fall leaves on the Maples near Cave Springs in Oak Creek Canyon.


These photos are the first 2 that I took with my large format camera. I used an Ebony RW45 4x5 camera and Fuji VELVIA 100 color slide film on both photos. We hiked up a wash for a while and came to these Maples. Ian checked my composition and focus on both images, so he deserves a lot of credit for these images. I liked the contrast of the blue rocks and yellow-green leaves in the foreground with the orange and red maples leaves in the midground and then the blue-green leaves in the background. I used a Rodenstock SIRONAR-S 135mm f5.6 lens for the above photo.

I took the photo below a few minutes later. I used Ian's Schneider SUPER-SYMMAR XL 110mm f5.6 lens, which gave a slightly wider field of view and made the Maples slightly smaller and more set in space.

I love both photos; beginner's luck for sure.


Fall leaves on the Maples near Cave Springs in Oak Creek Canyon

Fall leaves on the Maples near Cave Springs in Oak Creek Canyon.


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