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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

All of the recent floods has nearly cut off mountain access from the whole of northern Colorado. Needing to get my mountain fix and a little photography in on the side, I headed up to Wyoming for the day. The Snowy Range is a mountain range in southeast Wyoming, about 30 miles to the west of Laramie. These mountains rise abruptly from the high plains and are nearly all BLM or national forest, so there are a lot of areas open for exploring. Yesterday I decided to head for the peaks though and the trails that weave through the alpine lakes and boulder fields.

Another reason for wanting to get to the mountains is to try out a medium format film camera I got over the weekend, a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. I've been wanting to get into film for a while, and what better way than with 6x7 medium format! I might add a few photos from that camera later once I get my developing chemistry in (I'll be developing and enlarging in my own darkroom soon!)

On to the photos. The day was very overcast with rain and sleet falling throughout. It was just what I needed though, can't be away from the mountains for week or more without getting itchy

Snowy-Range-1 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Snowy-Range-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

It's already fall above timberline. The grasses and brush are all reds and yellows.

Snowy-Range-3 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Snowy-Range-4 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Snowy-Range-5 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Thats it! Like I said, I am getting my chemicals in today. I might be able to process the film and scan it in a couple of days, then post a few photos from the medium format camera.

Sep 23, 2013 at 07:53 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

Nice pictures!
I know that area very well, love that little part of Wyoming. Did you spot any moose?

A small suggestion is that they appear to be just a bit oversharpened.

Sep 23, 2013 at 08:58 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

Nice images, a great part of Wyoming. Looking forward to the film images.

Mike

Sep 23, 2013 at 11:36 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

That area looks strikingly like the Indian Peaks Wilderness.

Sep 23, 2013 at 03:14 PM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

That's a nice area! I really like the mountains in Wyoming, the state doesn't have a ton of mountains, but the mountain ranges that are there are pretty spectacular.

Sep 23, 2013 at 04:46 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

Here are a few more photos from the hike

I just finished developing my first roll of film ever! It is also the first roll of film out of my new medium format camera, a Mamiya RB67 Pro S. The film is hanging up to dry right now.

I am hoping to get an enlarger in a few days, so I can try my had at printing as well. This could become a serious addiction [BD]

For those interested, the film is 120 roll film Delta 100. I developed it in Xtol 1:1 and fixed it using TF-4

First-6x7-Roll-Developed by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Sep 24, 2013 at 10:44 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

#4 and #5 are great. Stunning location.

Sep 24, 2013 at 11:23 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

Nice images! Looking forward to seeing the MF images.
Thanks for sharing.

Sep 26, 2013 at 07:57 AM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · Hiking in the Snowy Range, Wyoming

This photo is from my first roll shot through my new Mamiya RB67 medium format camera. It is shot in Delta 100 and developed using Xtol 1:1.

To digitize this photo, I shot the negative using a lightbox and my Nikon D600 with a 50mm F4 macro lens. It is stitched from 12 separate images making the native (cropped) image 127 megapixels, or roughly 40" x 50".

Using a DSLR with a good macro lens and a light box, you get better images at much larger scales than you do with a high dollar drum scanner.

Can't wait to get more processed!

22-Sept-2013----RB67-First-Roll by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

The above was my first go at it and I am using a jerry rigged setup. I don't have a real light box yet, so I am using my tablet, with a piece of plate glass as the light box. Seems to work well, but probably isn't near as good as the real thing since the light is wrong.

Here's my setup. I have a longer lens hood screwed onto a Maro-Takumar 50mm F4 lens and I focus using live view at 100%. So far, it is working incredibly well.

Digitizing-Medium-Format-Negatives by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

And one more from my first roll on the RB67

22-Sept-2013----RB67-First-Roll-2 by Colorado CJ, on Flickr

Sep 30, 2013 at 10:45 PM


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