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big bend, big bend national park, chihuahuan desert, desert, film photography, large format, large format photography, nature, ocotillo plant, texas

It pays to arrive at your location early when using a view camera. I didn’t. We did manage to set the tripod and assemble the camera in time to get an image, though. Quiet and cool.
I used the spot meter to read the brightest area on the mountain and let the shadows fall pretty dark. Sometimes we must make those decisions.