Wednesday, February 18, 2009

. . . from the archives #38: Juniper, Snow—Utah, 1996


At least, I think this was taken in Utah. Yes . . . it must have been Utah. Not yet a geezer, I was camping in a very pleasant Forest Service campground, on my way to New Mexico, blue skies all around.

That night I slept in the back of the truck. Early next morning as I groped outside in the dark my hands encountered something wet and icy on the bumper: snow. I got dressed, made coffee and stood around in the falling snow until the morning light gradually brought some clarity.

At that point I realized that I had a unique opportunity: I had to get out the view camera. I lumbered around the campground taking pix, including the one above, then packed up and moved on under a leaden sky. Just before leaving I took a photo of the Dodge using my 35mm.


The interesting thing is that up to now I’ve never been able to make a satisfactory print out of the juniper negative, because I couldn’t boost the contrast sufficiently without overexposing the snow. However, in Photoshop you can do just that!

Photo: Juniper, Snow—Utah, 1996; Dodge Truck in Snow—Utah, 1996

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