Fence, Off Napa Road, Sonoma

Black and White Again

This was taken with my Rolleiflex, ISO 400, in mid-January in Sonoma off of Napa Road. It was early morning and there was considerable frost on the grass and plants which I had hoped to capture. I was also interested in the depth of field. The Rollei is excellent in mid-range. The sinuous plant-leaves contrast with the out-of-focus pole in the background. I found the exposure forgiving. I shot at f5-f5.6 at 1/50th to 1/100th. The negative was scanned at 1200 dpi with the backlite on medium.

Bingling Si, Qinghai Province, Hexi Corridor

This hard-to-get-to temple outpost primarioy from the Tang period yielded some great landscape shots.

Bingling Si

Dunhuang: Black-and-White

This is a link to the black-and-white photos from the Dunhuang area this year. These are candidates for palladium printing when I get back to California.

Dunhuang Black-and-White

The Cormorants of Yangshuo, China

I've been posting most of my new pictures to PicasaWeb rather than here, but I will at least include links here. This link is to the Cormorants album.

Cormorants

Along the Hexi Corridor: Tongren

Here are some new images of Tibetan Sites in China.

Rongwo Si, Tongren, China

Just Arrived in Xi'an

So look for more images from China both in Palladium and in Ultrachrome, especially from Tibetan enclaves in the China and along the Silk Route.