Landscape
Olympic National Park, Washington, USA
2020
Light Through the Canyon
From the field
Sol Duc Falls drops through its slot canyon in Olympic National Park, the Sol Duc River splitting into several channels as it pours over the lip and down into the narrow gorge. Moss covers the rock walls, old-growth forest closes in on both sides, and soft light filters through the trees at the head of the canyon. We were camped at Sol Duc and woke early, wanting to be on the falls just after breakfast before anyone else made the walk in. It paid off. We had the place to ourselves for close to an hour, only the sound of the water and the light coming up through the mist. A quarter-second exposure held the falls as soft, moving white while keeping the wet rock and moss sharp. Some mornings are worth the early alarm.
Jonathan Gardner
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Open edition · Printed on demand. Not numbered.
Printed as a pigment giclée on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, a cotton fine art paper finished with a barium sulfate coating in the tradition of classic darkroom prints. The image is laid down with Epson UltraChrome Pro pigments, six colors and three shades of black, at 1,440 dpi, and the baryta surface pulls blacks to a depth few papers reach. Shadow detail stays readable, contrast holds, and color sits with real density.
My glossy prints carry the saturation and bright surface of a photographic finish. The baryta does something closer to the darkroom: a cotton sheet with weight and tooth, a restrained shine rather than a hard reflection, and the depth that comes from ink meeting a barium-coated fiber. It carries no optical brighteners, so what looks right on the wall today still reads true years from now. For an animal photographed in low light, where the frame lives or dies in its blacks, it is the surface I trust most.
Specifications
Paper: Hahnemühle Photo Rag Baryta, 100% cotton, 315 gsm Finish: baryta, high gloss with a distinct texture Black density: Dmax 2.6, with no optical brighteners Process: pigment giclée, Epson UltraChrome Pro, 1,440 dpi White border: optional, adjustable from roughly 0.4 to 4.7 inches Sizes: up to roughly 118 x 41 inches (300 x 105 cm)
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Every print
- Printed on demand
- Every open-edition print is made to order. Not numbered.
- Shipping included
- Carefully packed and shipped worldwide. Shipping is included in the print price.
- All sales final
- Due to the custom nature of our prints, they cannot be returned or exchanged once an order has been placed.
