Nuclear Family

[Jeffrey]

A family of Aspen that I long searched for in the White Mountains of Eastern California. This is in a pretty remote place in Cottonwood Basin as the range starts to slope down eastward towards Nevada. One of my favorite places on earth.

 

[AlanLichty]

This has a minimalistic feel to it that works well for my eyes. Glad you found them.

 

[JimFox]

Beautiful Jeffrey! I really like this and of course you have my brain churning now on where this could be...

 

[Ben Egbert]

Beautiful. With aspen groves so thick and plentiful you would think this sort of arrangement common, but look as I might, they are hard to find in a scene not covered with brush, or worse, carvings of initials and hearts.

Very elegant.

 

[Jeffrey]

Beautiful Jeffrey! I really like this and of course you have my brain churning now on where this could be...

Jim, we all have our favorite little places. I don't get around nearly as much as you do, and I'll bet you have gone right by this stand of aspen. Off the Crooked Creek road about three miles short of the Patriarch Grove and then down a steep canyon to Cottonwood Basin. Used to need 4x4 until a couple of years ago when someone 'fixed' the road's roughest spot. Damn them!

Beautiful. With aspen groves so thick and plentiful you would think this sort of arrangement common, but look as I might, they are hard to find in a scene not covered with brush, or worse, carvings of initials and hearts. Very elegant.

Thanks Ben. California does not have many of the large, tall, straight aspen that Colorado and Utah have. Most are short, thin and squirrelly curvy and bent. There are nearly no straight ones in very popular eastern Sierra fall color meccas like Bishop Creek or Lee Vining Canyon. I've spent a lot of time in fall aspen places and only have a few keepers like this one.

 

[Mike Mancil]

Aspens are beautiful and you’ve presented these perfectly, excellent b/w work.

 

[BarryHamilton]

That's just excellent!! Love the natural vignette that really makes the aspen trunks stand out. Very nicely done, Jeffrey!

 

[lightsgood]

Super cool.

 

[beavens]

Simple, yet elegant. I like it!

Maybe even push the blacks and whites a bit farther, or even a kiss of contrast.

Would look really nice as a vert print.

Jeff

 

[Jeffrey]

Simple, yet elegant. I like it!

Maybe even push the blacks and whites a bit farther, or even a kiss of contrast.

Would look really nice as a vert print.

Jeff

Thanks for the kind comments, Jeff. No, there's no more contrast or pushing. The tonalities are exactly right for me as is.