Moonscape - Max Patch                                                                   Steve Dixon
Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens: Arca Swiss view 65mm Raptar
Format: 6x9
Film: 120 TMAX 100
Print Sizes Available: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.
One winter day, my friend Bill and I decided to drive up to Max Patch, a former pasture now maintained as a
bald by the Forest Service, so see if there was any snow.  It was a clear, sparkling day, with a trace of snow in
Asheville, and we were hopeful.  The dirt roads that lead up the mountain were slick with hard-packed snow,
and when we arrived, we saw people sledding down the open slopes.  The wet snow had stuck to the tufts of
straw left from the last mowing, as well as to the old dead tree on the hillside.  Bill went off to shoot the sledders,
and I worked my way around the tree, trying different lenses and angles until I saw the possibility of a majestic
snow-blasted snag against a dark sky.  I put on my widest lens, knelt in the snow behind the low tripod, and
used a #25 red filter to darken the sky.  I think it works pretty well.  In the background, along the ridge, you can
see a couple of the posts that mark the Appalachian Trail.
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.