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Grand Tetons from the East Through Pine Boughs, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, July, 1976
Four wheel drive trails on the hilly slopes well to the east of the Grand Teton range offer views through pine and aspen groves that are off the beaten path of the Outer Park Road, U.S. Hiway 191, which runs much closer to the mountains than from the perspective seen here.
What grabbed my attention as a photographer exploring this less traveled area, was the juxtaposition of the Tetons with the upper boughs of a stately conifer, which seemed to perfectly point to five of the peaks in this majestic range. The lower branch points to three of the same peaks from below.
This was a difficult image to execute, as camera position and depth-of-field considerations were critical. Obtaining sharp focus on the nearby branches and the distant peaks in the same image was not an easy feat with a 150mm Schneider Symmar lens on a 4×5 camera. The lens diaphragm was closed to a tiny aperture, requiring a lengthy wait for the wind to cease so that the branches were perfectly still for the required long exposure.
This image is a high resolution scan of the original transparency. The curvature along the top edge of this image is that of the film itself, as I do not employ glass film carriers in my scanner to minimize dust catching surfaces and to maximize image sharpness. When placed on the flat bed scanner plate, color films typically curve slightly, but this curvature is cropped out in the final print.
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