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Old Blue

My obsession to get a wall worthy photo of this tree continues. "Just" a 2-hour drive to get to location.

 

Intrepid 8x10 MkII

Schneider Kreuznach G-Claron 240mm ƒ9

Nikkor Y52 yellow filter

Shanghai GP3 100

Rodinal 1:50 per MDC

 

About a dozen head of cattle with a few horses mixed in to my right and behind me.

 

This sheet has some horizontal streaks, but they were few, somewhat wide, about ⅓ down from the top, and I was able to remove them with the inpainting tool in Affinity Photo 2.

 

Since there seems to be a mix of good, not so good, and streaky bad sheets of Shanghai GP3 100 in my inventory, my strategy is to just use it. When it's good, it's amazing, so it's worth trying. If a subject is especially important, then I'll use something that is trustworthy.

 

Quercus douglasii, known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to California, common in the Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is California's most drought-tolerant deciduous oak, and is a dominant species in the blue oak woodland ecosystem. Wikipedia

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Uploaded on May 9, 2025
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