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Grandagon the Fire Tree

Yes I'm abusing the English language by using a proper noun as a verb in the title.

 

Another selection from the Dome Fire burn scar zombie forest in the Mojave National Preserve. My second trip to this location.

 

The Dome Fire was started by lightening on August 15th, 2020 and went on to burn 42,273 acres and kill as many as 1.3 million Joshua Trees: www.nps.gov/moja/learn/nature/dome-fire.htm. The remarkable thing, is that though the Joshua Trees were burned to death, they all remained standing.

 

Calumet 4x5 modified to use Linhof Technika lens boards

Rodenstock Grandagon-N ƒ6.8 115mm @ ƒ36 1/4 sec

Hoya HMC Y(K2) Yellow Filter

Ilford FP4 Plus

PMK Pyro 1+2+100 10 minutes 20°C

 

The center column is mounted upside down in the tripod to hang the camera inches above the ground. I'm lying on a packing blanket to make adjustments. The camera is level, and front rise is employed to bring the subject into the center of the frame.

 

Overexposed 2-stops from metered [not pulled].

 

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Uploaded on October 25, 2021
Taken on October 21, 2021