Morning Glory
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A favorite spot of mine in the early morning glory. I love the moments when there is a clear horizon and a radiant twilight - it makes one feel alive, awake and ready for the next adventure.
I picked up a copy of "Galen Rowell: A Retrospective" a few weeks ago and I love the book. Those unfamiliar with Rowell's work need only type his name into a search engine to find out that he made many of the wild and rugged images that appeared in National Geographic over the years. After reading the text and gazing at the images, I have an uncontrollable urge to shoot film. I know digital is better, it is a pure medium compared to film - allowing one to make virtually any kind of image, i.e. film-like, HDR, black and white, etc, but that is the point - seeing such incredible images all made on emulsion, all made by playing by the hard and fast rules of silver halide chemistry is inspiring. The book reminded me that film is elegant and difficult, digital is practical and easy. Time to dust off the Hasselblad perhaps ...
Morning Glory
View Large on Black at www.thewindypixel.com!
A favorite spot of mine in the early morning glory. I love the moments when there is a clear horizon and a radiant twilight - it makes one feel alive, awake and ready for the next adventure.
I picked up a copy of "Galen Rowell: A Retrospective" a few weeks ago and I love the book. Those unfamiliar with Rowell's work need only type his name into a search engine to find out that he made many of the wild and rugged images that appeared in National Geographic over the years. After reading the text and gazing at the images, I have an uncontrollable urge to shoot film. I know digital is better, it is a pure medium compared to film - allowing one to make virtually any kind of image, i.e. film-like, HDR, black and white, etc, but that is the point - seeing such incredible images all made on emulsion, all made by playing by the hard and fast rules of silver halide chemistry is inspiring. The book reminded me that film is elegant and difficult, digital is practical and easy. Time to dust off the Hasselblad perhaps ...