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"There is nothing worth photographing more than 100 yards from the car." - Brett Weston

I'd say that's open to argument -- starting points, what your gear weighs and how physically fit your are.

For me, with large format gear, I might cut that distance down some...
 
I never hiked very far into the dunes, so I have not take photographs of them nearly as great as yours.

"There is nothing worth photographing more than 100 yards from the car." - Brett Weston

I'd say that's open to argument -- starting points, what your gear weighs and how physically fit your are.

For me, with large format gear, I might cut that distance down some...

The weight of the photographic equipment including the tripod increase by the cube of the distance walked.

[photographic equipment including the tripod] weight increase] = distance^3​
 
I'd say that's open to argument -- starting points, what your gear weighs and how physically fit your are.

For me, with large format gear, I might cut that distance down some...

Looking over my shoulder at the GX680 on a heavy tripod...

I think the argument makes sense!

Honestly, I'll hump the thing a mile round trip, but it's bulky and awkward to carry. Same is true and then some of large format. The bulky is what wears me out, so I tend to stay on trails where I can haul stuff in a wagon, or where pretty is half a mile away, not miles, plural.
 
I wanted to capture the quality of light of Arizona's Summer monsoonal flow. The challenge was to find a balance between the drama of the clouds and a natural feeling of the light. I didn't want a heavy black sky while still maintaining the impact of the amazing clouds that occur during the season, and to not have it look like a snap shot.

 
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Very nice. That sky is quite something.
 

Are those real cacti or are they the inflatable ones you carry in your car? <<wink>> <<wink>>
 
Bunowen beach, Connemara, Co Galway, Ireland. Shot on Fuji C200 with Praktica MTL50

 
Stephen, here's a 5x7 (Deardorff, dagor, Tri-X) of similar subjects albeit lacking the impressive cumulonimbus clouds in your fine photo.

 


From a long hike back in May. Nikon FM2n, nikkor 20/2.8ai, TMY-2, developed in d76 1:1 and negative scanned on Kodak Pakon f135+. Virgin Falls located near Sparta, TN.