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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Twenty Two: Black and white travel photography – making less into more > Bull Moose in sepia, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 2008
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11-OCT-2008

Bull Moose in sepia, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 2008

Sepia tone is a variant of black and white imagery – it is nearly as monochromatic, only its tint can add symbolic meaning. This is the same Bull Moose that I photographed on the chase in the subsequent image. An hour earlier, I found it surveying a dry wash running along side of the Snake River. By converting the image from color to black and white and then applying a sepia tone, I made this image even more symbolic and timeless in nature. It could have been made a century ago. The moose becomes master of all it surveys here – a universe of ancient rock. I use sepia tones very sparingly, almost always to add the patina of age to an image.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/80s f/3.7 at 88.8mm iso400 full exif

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Phil Douglis20-Oct-2008 18:19
The sepia does age this scene, Mo -- it looks almost prehistoric. The moose (along with the hippo and rhino) is one of the most bizarre animals. It seems to come at us from out of the stone age. That's why I moved to sepia tone here. It complements the ancient quality of the subject matter.
monique jansen20-Oct-2008 15:01
this works beautifully in sepia, giving it an ancient and at the same time, timeless feel
Phil Douglis18-Oct-2008 22:38
A lot of people still think it was TR who established Yellowstone as a National Park. It wasn't of course -- he was only 14 years old when Yellowstone was established in 1872. He did not begin the National Park Service either -- that came later, under Wilson in 1916. But he did enact the Antiquities Act in 1906 that gave the President the power to to proclaim historic landmarks, structures, and other objects as National Monuments. Under this act, he proclaimed 18 National Monuments, including a large portion of the Grand Canyon. As for the Bull Moose, yes, it does recall TR's renegade Bull Moose Party that lost the 1912 election to Wilson. And as for Roosevelt and Yellowstone, thanks for commenting on the image of the Roosevelt Gate at the North entrance to the Park (http://www.pbase.com/image/104717209 )
Tim May18-Oct-2008 21:35
Teddy Roosevelt was so instrumental in the establishment of our National Park system. Your title and sepia toning bring him to mind for me.
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