Krummholz

From the Oxford English Dictionary...

Krummholz [noun]:  stunted windblown trees growing near the tree line on mountains.  Origin:  early 20th century, German, literally meaning crooked wood.

These two shots are from the recent trip to Mt. Assiniboine.  I can't decide which I like best... or even if I like either...  These were taken on Saturday September 17th at about 11:00 in the morning.  This was our last full day spent in the area,  The two previous days had been sunny and warm but this one turned out to be cool, overcast and drizzly.  It was really blustery and windy up on the exposed edge of the Niblet, the spot where these shots were taken from.  Sunburst Lake is visible on the left, and Sunburst Peak is prominent on the right.  Had it been a clear day, Mt. Assiniboine would have been visible near the center of the image.  On this day the low cloud obscured the high peaks and resulted in some pretty flat light.  I used my Ebony view camera and my Schneider Super Symmar XL 110mm lens to make expose both of these negatives.  This is a slightly wide lens for this format.  The first image was taken on Kodak T-Max 100 film, exposed at 80iso and developed in 510 Pyro.  This staining developer helped to hold down the high values in the sky.  The second images was taken on Fuji Neopan Acros film, exposed at 80iso and developed in Rodinal.  A #8 Yellow filter was added for this shot.  The T-Max image was taken at an aperture of F18.0 and a shutter speed of 1/8 second.  For the Acros image the lens was stopped down and a 1 stop filter factor added, resulting in an exposure of F36.0 at 1 second.  I think I like the way that the long exposure has shown the motion in the krummholz, resulting from the brisk wind that was blowing that day.  I also find it interesting, that aside from the motion, and despite the fact that the exposure given was the same, there is quite a pronounced difference between these two images.