bend, oregon(3). kodak t-max 400. september 3.

This is a young Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa). The growth rate of trees in ideal circumstances is 12 inches per year. This tree could live for a few hundred years and reach upwards of 200 feet in height but most are from 60 to 130 feet tall (https://ucanr.edu/sites/forestry/Ecology/Identification/Ponderosa_Pine_Pinus_ponderosa/#:~:text=Ponderosa%20Pine%20Identification%3A,make%20them%20prickly%20to%20handle.).

Cones are oval, 3 to 6 inches long and 2 to 4 inches in diameter, and they have outwardly curved spines that make them prickly to handle.

The bark is dark brown and rough textured in young trees and orange-brown with distinctive large plates in mature trees.

The needles are 5 to 10 inches long and come in bundles of three, forming tufts at the end of each branch.

I created these images early morning on a hike near Bend, Oregon. I was staying in a rural motel with trails adjoining it. I had the Nikon FM3a, with either the Voigtlander 58mm or 28mm Voigtlander lens attached.

I developed the film in HC-110(B) for 5 minutes, 30 seconds, at 20C. Then, I scanned the negatives with the PrimeFilmXE using VueScan software. I still have 3 rolls to develop and scan that are part of my travels in Southern Central Oregon.