Sean Esopenko

Anvil On The Canola

July 25, 2010

Today I spent the entire day at Banff National Park playing the role of tourist, photographing mountains and valleys that have been photographed a million times previous by many other people with digital cameras, film cameras, etc etc. I even hung out of the car window while we were flying past the three sisters. Tonight, however, on the acreage, I managed to photograph that felt a lot more like “my own.” It feels a little unique compared to the “picturesque” landscapes of Banff that can be found a plenty. Plus there was a heavy haze at Banff that made me completely unsatisfied with all the pictures I took…

It’s an anvil cloud, something not seen too often, and it’s seen from the roof-top of the dark-room that’s still coming together. The pace of putting together this wet photography studio/workflow has slowed down because I’m holding off on purchasing a camera until I visit Hawaii for the honeymoon next week. Funds are a little tight, too, with the wedding costs. There are a few consignment stores in Hawaii with what seem to be some awesome prices on gear and I want to take advantage that. If all goes as planned, I should be coming home with a well priced Wista or the likes with some some half-decent glass. I am very excite!

Here’s a re-working of the photograph the photograph taken today in black and white with a 4×5 aspect ratio. I “simulated” an orange filter by turning down the colour channels of the opposite end of the colour wheel. Slapping a filter on a digital camera does strange things, I’ve noticed while pixel peeping so I’ve resorted to filtering the black and white image in post-processing.

Oh and I noticed the spec of dust in the top left of the colour image after I finished assembling this post. I’m too lazy to remove it. Also jpeg compression of b&w images look like ass.

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