John Muir in Yosemite Valley

“Everybody needs beauty... places to play and pray in, where Nature may heal and cheer and give strength to body and soul alike,” wrote Muir (c. 1902).





Hand-colored by Bennett Hall, California
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El Capitan and its ReflectionYosemite National Park

This view was created with an 8 x 10" view camera fitted with a 75mm Super Angulon lens  - the circular image shows the entire image resolved on the film by this lens on the 8 x 10 film.  This lens is more traditionally used on a 4 x 5" view camera.  This 'fisheye' style approach allowed me to capture the entire peak and its reflection in the Merced River.  The final print was made in my former darkroom about 1984 to 20 x 24 fiber paper and then hand-tinted.  Bennett Hall

Thinking of Tahoe Summer

Wouldn't it be nice right now - feet off the edge of the pier, the soft sound of the water tickling the shore, far away and peaceful again

Golden Hills of Fremont