Technical and Purchase Information

Camera/Lens: Fine Art field, 90mm Raptar
Format: 4x5
Film: 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.
Unnamed Trail                                                                                                                                                        Steve Dixon
I woke up early one morning to heavy fog in town, which sometimes means there will be chances to shoot over the
tops of clouds lying in the valleys if you can get above them before the sun is too high, so I headed south on the Blue
Ridge Parkway.  That morning, the fog went all the way up, at least to 6000 feet.  I finally turned around and headed
home for breakfast.  After half an hour or so, I needed to stop for a "natural break".  I pulled off in an overlook, and
walked into the woods, down a little trail that had been used for the purpose before, judging from the bits of dissolving
paper on the ground.  A few feet further in, I was suddenly struck by the shapes of the rhododendron and the diffused
light, which seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.  I hurried back to the car for my camera
and tripod.  The fog was so thick that the indicated exposure was a minute at f/32.  I shot 4 sheets of film, two at one
minute, and two at two minutes.  Reciprocity failure came in to play, and the longer exposure was the better one.  
When I first printed this negative, I inadvertently flopped the image, reversing it left to right.  I didn't realize it until I had
already sold several prints.  I've had such good response to the picture that I've continued to print it that way.
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.