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| False Hellebore, Kings River (Little Pete Meadow) - Sierra Nevada 2007 |
This is an alternative shot. Final image has been shown before on the blog. To quote from that post:
"Mike had hiked over Bishop Pass, camped overnight in Dusy
Basin, and then hiked down, down, down the formidable LeConte Canyon, finally,
exhaustingly, arriving at Little Pete Meadow. This is such a great spot! The
Kings River rippling by, a late-season Sierra meadow, and the thin dusty track
of the John Muir Trail. What he should have done, of course, was to hang out
there for a layover day. Instead, he used his free day to do a day hike heading
south towards (but not coming remotely close to) Muir Pass.
"By the time he got back to camp the sun was already
dangerously close to setting. In fact, by the time he'd wandered down to the
river’s edge, the sun had disappeared behind the canyon walls. The false
hellebores in the meadow were fading fast: it was the end of the brief Sierra
growing season. He took several photos of these photogenic plants (utilized
also by Edward Weston); this one is his favorite."
Below, a rather nice-looking false hellebore print:
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| False Hellebore Print - Marin County 2019 |
2 comments:
The color is nice.
I probably would only get interested if the plant were fresh and unfaded, and the light was right.
King's River is supposed to be good fishing. It makes my mouth water.
This is one of my earliest digital photos that I printed "large." I remember having to use Photoshop's clone tool to remove some overexposed areas of the plant.
I'd think that to get a nice unfaded plant you'd have to travel at the height of the mosquito season, something that I'm not willing to do.
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