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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.
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.
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.
Catlog Numbers:
8x10 - 10102
11x14 - 14102 Order Prints
16x20 - 20102
8x10 - 10102
11x14 - 14102 Order Prints
16x20 - 20102