Canyon, Booloomba Creek.

[Maris]

Canyon, Booloomba Creek
Gelatin-silver photograph on Ilford VC FB photographic paper, image size 21.5cm X 16.3cm, from a 4x5 Kodak Tri-X negative exposed in a Tachihara 45GF double extension field view camera fitted with a Schneider Super Angulon 90mm f8 lens.

Booloomba Creek is a tributary of the headwaters of Carnarvon Creek in the central Queensland highlands. Getting there is a nice long walk with a view camera; half a day in, half a day out.

[Mick Fagan]

Looks like you were rewarded with great weather for photographing, after what was probably an interesting walk in. Cloudy bright weather?

Never heard of Booloomba Creek, so I did a search, came up with Booloumba Creek, is this the same?

Nice picture by the way.

Mick.

[Maris]

Well caught Mick. The place is actually Boowinda Gorge carved by a creek of the same first name, I think. My filing system had it the BOO- section and I didn't check the fine print.

[Walter Glover]

Well worth the effort, Maris. I can feel the crispness in the air — or is that because the prevailing weather here at present is influencing my visual experience?

[RoganJosh]

Judging from the top left corner alone, this would've been hell to print.

[Maris]

Walter Glover and RoganJosh are right about effort. A 4x5 negative is a marvellous thing: 10 stops of "dynamic range" and detail all over it. The tricky part is getting that content out on to photographic paper. The top left hand corner was a 4 stop "fuzzy" burn with a grade 0 filter. Couldn't bear to leave it blank white.