Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens: Arca Swiss view 65mm Raptar
Format: 6x9
Film: 120 TMAX 100
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.
Tenaya Lake                                                                                                                                                       Steve Dixon
On my first trip to Yosemite, in August of 2005, I drove around quite a bit, trying to get a general feel for the place.  I
kept running into places I recognized from Ansel Adams photographs.  Adams took a picture from near this spot with
a long lens, focusing on the sensuous curve of the glacier-carved rock into the lake, with a wonderful wooly pile of
clouds behind it.  Of course as soon as I saw that curve of rock I had to stop.  It was a Thursday, and the little white
puffs were the first clouds I'd seen since Sunday.  As I walked along the shore, I spotted these boulders left by the
retreating glacier all those centuries ago, and the little pine tree working hard to make a place for itself among the
rocks.  With my widest lens, I was able to hold both the rocks in the foreground and the mountains on the other side
of the lake in focus.  I remember that it was brutally hot under the focusing cloth.  I shot a whole roll of film.  Every
frame but this one were fogged on the left.  I think the bellows latch was loose, but I guess I'll never be sure.
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.