It’s been a while since we last published anything, so we’re hoping to do a lot more posting.
A cascade on Standing Indian Mountain in North Carolina USA
More to come.
Fall colors have come and gone. However they were beautiful when they arrived. These are colors were found in the Nantahala National Forest and Standing Indian Campground Area of North Carolina USA
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Our good friend and guide Stephan took us to an area in NE Georgia called Tate City, GA population 20. The Upper Tallulah River forms here. The movie “Deliverance” was filmed at the lower end and falls of the Tallulah. The area is know for small and large sections of rapids.
The full moon thru the clouds from our back deck.
Fall colors have arrived in North Georgia USA.
Joey and I hiked the Nottely Dam Road Trail. The colors are quite impressive. The wind was blowing pretty hard and the temperature was 34 º F. But it was a fun outing. This was taken on the road leading to the Dam.
These are images from our excursion with our good friend and guide Stephan.
The falls are the Rabun County waterfall named Minnehaha and the rapids are of the Tallulah River ( the river where parts of it were used to film the movie- “Deliverance”).
Well after a year of some very trying times we’re back. 2016 ended with our having to deal with a very bad Hurricane. After dealing with severe damage and a lack of help we decided to move. We have moved to Union County, Georgia USA., the move and all that goes with it, (the selling of old and buying a new property), was quite taxing on us. All this time our photography had to take a back seat.
We now have a beautiful mountain home in the Great Smoky Mountains. Life is so laid back here and the scenery is spectacular. We have been venturing out and finding great photographic opportunities.
Our New Home
- A Kallitype print taken at Faver Dykes State Park after a recent fire.
- Faver Dykes State Park
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Another Kallitype of an image from Bulow State Park.
Bulow State Park has an enormous variety of very old trees, Oaks, Hickory Nut and Maple. I took this image with a Mamiya 645 Medium Format camera with Ilford FP 4 film. The negative was processed in my darkroom.. For this Kallitype I needed an 8×10 negative. So I scanned the negative and converted it to a digital 8×10 negative. Then contact printing this onto sensitized watercolor paper by UV light. The processing is basically the same as a silver gelatin print just different chemicals. The Kallitype process is an antique process patented in the late 1800’s.
Bulow Oak Tree
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Kallitype- Bulow Cabbage Palm
A Kallitype Print- A process patented by W.W.J. Nichol in 1889. An iron/silver process. A sheet of watercolor paper is coated with a silver nitrate and ferric oxalate solution. It is allowed to dry. The print is made under sunlight or other UV light by contact print a full sized negative.I use a 8 x 10 digital negative that I make. After exposure the print is developed in sodium citrate, then cleared in EDTA, next a gold toner is used, after toning the print is fixed in sodium thiosulfate, then washed and allowed to dry. Kallitypes are know for their wonderful warm tones. When properly developed and toned they are sometimes indistinguishable from Platinum prints.
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Kallitype Print
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