One of my first trips after returning home to Kansas was spending a few days sleeping and exploring the open ranges of the Flint Hills in eastern Kansas. On the first evening, I returned to a familiar location, where I had exposed a few of my first sheets of 4x5 film and decided to give it another chance on 8x10. Flint and limestone deposits scatter the hills of the prairie and in early summer, after the annual spring prairie burns, they are exposed as the grasses begin to regrow around them. A summer thunderstorm moved north of the area and I had originally thought the light was going to be completely shut down by the cloud cover, but about 15 minutes before sunset, a brief window of golden light opened up for a matter of minutes. It was enough time for me to expose two sheets of film, one of which was subjected to a bit a bit of a light leak. I guess I could consider myself lucky that I pulled this one off.

Technical Specifications:

Camera: Arca Swiss F-Line Metric 8x10
Lens: Schneider Super-Symmar XL 150mm f/5.6
Exposure: 4" @ f/45
Film: Fuji Provia 100
Filter: 2 Stop Hard GND + 81B Warming
Tripod Head: Arca Swiss C1 Cube
Pack: F-Stop Shinn