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I won't get points for subject "ordinariness" in this case, though I think the gear may qualify.
Close to a decade ago I decided to find out what the story was with these new digital single lens reflex cameras. I have photographed with film for a long time, and I had dabbled with digital using some early digital capture tools for several years. (Anyone remember the Apple QuickTake 100 camera?)
Not wanting to make a big investment in something that I regarded as an experiment, I bought a Canon Rebel XT (with all of 8MP) and the 17-85mm EFS kit lens. Before long I found myself in Death Valley with this gear — and that was the complete extent of my DSLR kit at that point — on a morning with truly stunning conditions. I was in this location at dawn alone (OK, there was one other person off in the distance) with gale force winds blowing cloud shadows across the playa as lenticular clouds stacked up to the north. I made this photograph just as the sun cleared the high ridge to my east and the clouds began to break.
To this day, this may still be my favorite photograph of Death Valley. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of the lens, it will never be printable at the sizes I would like, but there you go:
http://gallery.gdanmitchell.com/gallery/var/resizes/NaturalWorld/TheLandscape/California/Desert/DeathValley/BlackAndWhite/PlayaTwoRocksBW_2.jpg
In a way, this is "ordinary," too, though photographed with slightly less mundane equipment — a small mirrorless camera with a prime. The location is at the home of Edward Weston, where members of his family still live.
http://gallery.gdanmitchell.com/gallery/var/resizes/HumanWorld/Structures/Color/LaSirena_Weston_20140928.jpg
Dan
Edited on Mar 27, 2015 at 07:49 PM · View previous versions
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