El Capitan #3                                                                                Steve Dixon
Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens: Arca-Swiss view, 65mm Raptar
Format: 6x9
Film: 120 TMAX
Print Sizes Available: 8x10, 11x14, 16x20


All prints are on double-weight fiber-based paper, archivally processed,
selenium toned, signed, and dry-mounted. Mats are archival quality and
acid free.  Actual print sizes may vary slightly.
Yet another morning in Yosemite, yet another trip to watch the sun work its magic on the face of El Cap.  I was on
the opposite side of the valley, wandering along the Merced river, looking for a spot where the water would reflect
the rock (I'd seen someone else's picture, of course) and found this spot where the water is smooth and the trees
aren't too high.  I found that a lot of the classic images that Ansel Adams and others have shot in the valley have
changed quite a bit because the trees have grown.  How dare they!
Anyway, I liked the composition, with the grass in the foreground and the great face looming behind, but the
contrast range was too great, so I pulled my darkslide trick covering the top of the lens and giving the foreground
another stop of exposure.  It worked just fine, yielding a very printable negative with normal minus one
development.
Sizes
As most people seem to
prefer them, prices are
for framed prints, ready
to hang.  I use a very
nice matt black wood
frame 7/8 of an inch
wide, with a white mat.  
If you would like to order
unframed prints, go to
the "Purchase" page for
pricing.