Posted: 7/8/2017 4:21:41 PM EDT
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I stopped by Devils Tower on my way to vacation in Minnesota. I've camped and hiked here before, but I wanted to try a little IR photography and it was only an hour's detour on my road trip.
I took some film shots as well with my Fuji G690 BL and might post them later. These are just a few quick shots I took during the 30 minute visit to the park. Now I wish I took a longer visit to get just the right shot/setups, but these'll do! All were shot with a stock Fuji X100S and a Hoya R72 720nm IR filter. The X100S really works well with the IR filter as it has a very weak hot mirror on the CMOS.  Devils Tower X100S IR 1 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 Devils Tower X100S IR 4 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 Devils Tower X100S IR 3 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 Devils Tower X100S IR 2 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
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Is the tower basalt....like Devil's Postpile.? Quoted:
Is the tower basalt....like Devil's Postpile.? The igneous material that forms the Tower is a phonolite porphyry intruded about 40.5 million years ago,[15] a light to dark-gray or greenish-gray igneous rock with conspicuous crystals of white feldspar.[16] As the magma cooled, hexagonal (and sometimes 4-, 5-, and 7-sided) columns formed. As the rock continued to cool, the vertical columns shrank in cross-section (horizontally) and cracks began to occur at 120 degree angles, generally forming compact 6-sided columns. The nearby Missouri Buttes, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) to the northwest of Devils Tower, are also composed of columnar phonolite of the same age. (Devils Postpile National Monument in California and Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, are also columnar basalt, which are superficially similar, but with columns typically 2 feet (0.61 m) diameter.) |
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Well, I developed and scanned in the roll I shot through my Fuji G690BL medium format camera. These were all shot on Across 100 and developed in Pyrocat MC for 12.5 minutes. Scanned in with an Epson V750 Pro negative scanner.
The light in these wasn't the best. I waited a little for the right light with my digital IR images. For these images I just snapped the photos without waiting for good light, and it shows.  G690BL Roll 3 - 3 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 G690BL Roll 3 - 1 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 G690BL Roll 3 - 5 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
My folks and nephew  G690BL Roll 3 - 2 by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
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Watch your six!!!! They just posted this on FB
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In before someone says, "too bad they are not in color." B&W is an art. http://webpages.charter.net/vfr800//Devil's%20Tower5.jpg Too bad it isn't in black and white OP, you ever play with a dark red filter and tri-x? (or t-max, or hp5) |
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Color is fine. For snapshots. OP, you ever play with a dark red filter and tri-x? (or t-max, or hp5) I stick mostly to Acros on medium format and Fomapan 200 on my large format stuff though. Here's a couple of shots using Foma 200 and a Red 25A filter  Life on the Edge by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
 Tower of Babel - Garden of the Gods by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr
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Yes. I like to use a Red 25A filter sometimes on my 4x5 and medium format shots. I stick mostly to Acros on medium format and Fomapan 200 on my large format stuff though. Here's a couple of shots using Foma 200 and a Red 25A filter https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3861/14768094699_3525c1215c_o.jpgLife on the Edge by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8565/16232762096_56b8f5a243_o.jpgTower of Babel - Garden of the Gods by Andrew Marjama, on Flickr 
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Nice pics.. Side bar, were in MN are you off to? Next year is a family reunion so there will be close to 200 family there. I have kind of a large family. |
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Watch your six!!!! They just posted this on FB https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/318573/de-249767.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/318573/dev-249768.JPG We used one of the pull-offs last weekend to take pictures. My wife and daughter jumped back in and said they heard a rattlesnake. I got out and heard it too. I looked in the ditch but couldn't see any snakes. I'm glad I didn't see that mess! |