My favorite Ancient Bristlecone

I've posted 2 versions of this tree. One is straight f64 Dagor that would make Saint Ansel and the rest of group f64 proud, and one would have at least raised Mortensens' eyebrows. Which one do you like?
Location
Ancient Bristlecone Forest White Mtns. Cal.
Equipment Used
Eastman 7X11 / 225mm Dagor type G-Claron
Exposure
?/ f64
Film & Developer
J&C400 / PCatHD
Paper & Developer
neg scan
Yep - that is the one. The money shot. The keeper. Keep that lens! - Stick with pleasing Ansel.
 
Gee, Jim, how does one choose between an early Steichen or Cunningham and a mid-career Adams? I like the cropping and "motion" of the soft image, and I find the clouds distracting in the sharp shot. Now, if you had made the sharp image from the same perspective/vantage point as the soft one, it would be easier to compare. I guess I vote for the swirly one. It has more "soul."

Peter Gomena
 

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