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Final Rainier Shot

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:20:32 +0000

Two last shots. Was a very productive hour in the air. I shot about 50 images though – which in medium format is a ridiculous number for such a large format (and expensive! – about $50 in film and developing fees). Still, was worth it :)

Pentax 67ii on Velvia 50, Lab processed

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, Lab processed

A shadow rises

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 02:43:03 +0000

Two images of the shadow cast by the mountain. First time I’ve seen something like this and gives you a pretty humbling sense of the scale.

Pentax 67ii on Tmax & Acros, developed in DDX

Rainier Part 2

Lawrence Ripsher — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:15:50 +0000

More photos following yesterday’s post.

Pentax 67ii, Ektachrome E100 VS, lab processed

Pentax 67ii, Fuji Acros in DDX

Mount Rainier

Lawrence Ripsher — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:43:03 +0000

Hi all – just got back from a week in Montana… We hired a lodge for a week and hung out, read books, hiked, took photos, and for the most part acted like it was a real holiday. Just finished driving back tonight, a brutal 550 mile journey but a fun one.

Have started developing photos tonight, and will start posting next week – but in the meantime, here’s a shot from a couple of weeks ago – when a friend of a friend took us up at 4:30am before work on a Friday to do three loops of Mount Rainier at sunrise. Was a magical experience – I have 3 or 4 more from that trip, will post tomorrow. In the meantime, here’s my best of the series (and one of my favourite shots this year).

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, lab processed

My boys

Lawrence Ripsher — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 05:13:43 +0000

Last two shots of my little Palouse falls trip. Just a couple of snaps to show my medium format gear flexing its muscles.

BTW anyone use much of Ektachrome E100 VS? I’ve shot a few rolls of it now in 220 and really like it. Doesn’t pop quite like velvia but it’s a close second and 20 shots per roll is awesome sometimes.

Pentax 67ii and Pentax 67 105mm f/2.4 on Ektachrome E100 VS

Wheat Fields

Lawrence Ripsher — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 02:53:05 +0000

Shot in the car park of a 7 11 on the way back from Palouse :)

Pentax 67 on Kodak TMAX 100 in DDX

Palouse falls

Lawrence Ripsher — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 07:55:44 +0000

Destination…

Pentax 67ii on Tmax in DDX

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, post processed for B&W

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS

Palouse Day Trip (part 2 / BW)

Lawrence Ripsher — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:34:48 +0000

These are the black and white images of the wide open views of Eastern Washington.

Pentax 67ii on Kodak Tmax 100 in DDX

Palouse Day Trip

Lawrence Ripsher — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:48:23 +0000

Well, a 24 hour round trip from Seattle to Palouse Falls which is about 5 hours east of Seattle. We drove on a rainy Saturday afternoon, and after crossing the pass the weather instantly got better. I’m always surprised at how dramatically the climate and landscape change as soon as you cross the mountain pass in Washington. I have a few images from the short round trip. Here’s a few of the wide open terrain.

Pentax 67ii on Ektachrome E100 VS, lab processed

Couples

Lawrence Ripsher — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:18:44 +0000

Had a great past few days of photography. Last weekend we took a short overnight stay road trip out to Palouse Falls in Eastern Washington. It’s a 5 hour drive from Seattle, and we got there a few hours before sunset. Grabbed a few shots of the falls (an 180 feet waterfall in what is otherwise the middle of the desert) before we ended up sleeping the night in the back of the car. Fortunately Akuri is a great sport and doesn’t mind me, her and the two dogs cramming into the back of my SUV. In the morning we got up early, hung out for a while and then just drove back. The trip wasn’t really a photography trip, so much as getting a taste of an upcoming trip we’ll make to Montana most probably.

OK, so that was last weekend. Yesterday ended up being even more fun with a friend inviting me to go up with with them in a private plan for a sunrise tour of Mt Rainier. We took off at 5am on Friday, just in time to see the sun climbing over the mountains. Truly spectacular. Am developing film for this now, as well as waiting for shots to come back from the lab so fingers crossed.

I’ll share pictures shortly. Here’s a quick image though that i found accidentally in my archives from earlier this year.

Pentax P67ii on Trix320 in Xtol