Cottonwood Trunks

Here's one from the recent trip down to the badlands at the beginning of October.  This one, of a couple dead cottonwood trees, was taken from the side of the road, down along the bottom of the Red Deer River valley, south of East Coulee.  This was in the early evening as my friend Rob and I were returning to East Coulee after a rainy day of shooting out on the prairie.  The dead trunks were wet from the days rain, and offered a nice contrast against a tapestry of fall leaves, and the badlands slope on the far shore of the river.  This one was taken with my Ebony view camera and my Fujinon 400mm lens.  It was taken on Kodak T-Max 100 film, processed in 510 Pyro developer.  I quite like the soft mood of this image and will seriously consider taking the time to make an exhibition print from this negative.