Death Valley, detail & expanse

[dan swiger]

Almost finished with the development of the B&W.
Taken over a 4 day period on a workshop
Dark Path

Busy Intersection

Meandering through the desert

Zabriskie Point, after the rain

1st one is a Mamiya 7 shot on Plus-X
The others are the Toyo 4x5, on TMAX 100
All developed in D76

 

[Ben Egbert]

Love the first and last images.

 

[AlanLichty]

The last two stand out for me - I am a sucker for meandering roads so #3 was a given and the scene from Zabriskie Point grabs me for the contrasts of the sunlight behind you and the storm out over the valley behind. Nice set.

 

[JimFox]

Very cool Dan! It looks like you had a great workshop.

#1 and 2 are my favorites, especially #2.

On a side note, I would suggest having the titles at the top of the photo instead of the bottom since usually a person see's the photo before the title if they are at the bottom and usually it gets confusing. Well, or at least I get confused...

 

[Timmeh]

Hey Dan,

I really like the perspective in #2. Is #3 Titus Canyon Road?

Tim

 

[dan swiger]

Hey Dan,

I really like the perspective in #2. Is #3 Titus Canyon Road?

Tim

I knew somebody would ask! I think it might be a view of the approach road.
But as usual I didn't keep a good log of my film shots

 

[dan swiger]

Very cool Dan! It looks like you had a great workshop.

#1 and 2 are my favorites, especially #2.

On a side note, I would suggest having the titles at the top of the photo instead of the bottom since usually a person see's the photo before the title if they are at the bottom and usually it gets confusing. Well, or at least I get confused...

OK Jim, I changed it. Well now the other half will be confused....

 

[Beth]

great series, esp. the first image. i love the path leading back into the canyon.

 

[Dean]

Dan, these are all really nice . Another vote for the Zabriskie shot.

 

[Jim Dockery]

I like em all, but Zabriskie really stands out. Who did you do the workshop with? Were you developing and printing someplace as well as shooting?

 

[Douglas Sherman]

I really enjoy these, Dan.

 

[dan swiger]

I like em all, but Zabriskie really stands out. Who did you do the workshop with? Were you developing and printing someplace as well as shooting?

Jim, this was a Lynn Radeka workshop. While he is a film "specialist", others shot digital. Just did the exposures in DV, dev at home.
I would like to do some wet printing but for now it's scan/post or ink-jet