better left unsaid

I’ve always wanted to take a shot of a bare tree by itself against a bright sky. I’ve found it’s not that easy to find, so when I came across this one I got a lit­tle excited. I was lucky it was the right time of year, it was acces­si­ble and there were no peo­ple around to get in the way. I put my tri­pod down on the stump of what looked like this tree’s brother, com­posed and shot.

The crown of the tree fit per­fectly in the square frame, there was no wind and the light was nice and flat. I knew right away I had a great shot. I was so happy when I pulled the film off the reel after devel­op­ment, it was exactly as I had seen it in my head.

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Cam­era: Bron­ica SQ-A
Lens: Bron­ica Zenzanon-S 80mm
Fil­ter: none
Film: Fuji Neopan 400
Devel­oper: Kodak XTOL 1+2
Devel­op­ment: Small tank for 12:30 at 20 degrees Cel­sius. Agi­ta­tion was for the first minute, then four inver­sions per minute.
Date: May, 2009
Loca­tion: 44.74221,-65.51828
Copy­right: 2009 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.

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Tags: bronicaSQA · historicsite · mediumformat · novascotia
Posted in: Photographs

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