Jump to content

[TR] Brass Balls


pope

Recommended Posts

For Stevie SeaGal, JakeyP, ChoadLoad.....and all who are annoyed by the frequent posting of an image which occasionally appears on cc.com, we bring you the following photo essay from a visit to Castle Rock in the early 1990's. My friend Jon wanted to do some climbing photography. Since I hated carrying camera equipment but enjoyed photography, I talked him into a climb of Brass Balls.

 

The year we did this, I was into soloing climbs that were well within my ability and/or that I had climbed frequently with a rope. I had climbed Brass Balls ropeless maybe three times before our trip, so for me it was pretty routine. But Jon had only climbed a couple of things prior to this and for him it was a pretty big deal. I remember that he was intimidated by the first roof, so I talked him into taking a swing on the rope to calm his nerves. One photo included below illustrates just how steep this two-roof climb is, and in retrospect, relative to his previous experience, Jon was the guy with Brass Balls on the day we did this.

 

The logistics were pretty simple. He photographed while I climbed solo, then I returned and set up both a rap rope and a top rope so that I could hang in space near the action, both belaying and photographing. When the party was over, I shoved some stones in the crack at the belay and descended off slings.

 

 

pope10.jpg

 

pope5.jpg

 

pope8.jpg

 

pope7.jpg

 

pope3.jpg

 

wirklich2.jpg

 

wirklich6.jpg

 

wirklich5.jpg

 

wirklich4.jpg

 

wirklich7.jpg

 

The previous photo gives a feel for the steepness of the route.

 

 

gooftroop.jpg

 

 

OK kids, that's all. I recently ran into Jon and amazingly he still had the negatives which I borrowed. They were generously scanned by Dwayner. Does anybody know a photoshop trick for correcting that red linear defect in the film? The only correction technique I can think of is going to be extremely tedious. Is there a way to select and color correct a linear error? Thanks in advance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Replies 15
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Awesome! Show up anytime with any climbing photos!!!! Appreciate you sharing these with an honest account of the days work. Sorry I'm lame at photoshop (I could fix red eye but red streaks, hmmm) or I'd help fix the pics.

 

To me, this is a more impressive pic than the one that gets posted a lot. pope10.jpg

 

Good stuff all the way around though. I don't have any/many pics I can pull from the way back machine, so it's always nice to see others stuff.

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Nice Pope! Thanks for the TR.

 

BTW yes fixing that redline should be a fairly straight forward procedure, but you'll have to have some grasp of Photoshop. I'm not photoshop wizard, but I did this basic/crude removal in about 5 minutes (you can see a few defects that could be cleaned up):

 

 

 

pope8repaired.jpg

 

There are many ways to achieve this, some better than others. I just used the "Spot Healing" and "Clone" tools.

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Right on Pope, possibly the best post you've ever made. Those are some great shots, need any help cleaning up the scans? I've got a slide/negative scanner that will give some great baseline data to start with, and with a large scan its just a matter of patience to make old images look great. Of course, if you come down to Tenino to do the scans I'll make you sport climb in my yard, but I promise I won't tell any tales out of school.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

There are many ways to achieve this, some better than others. I just used the "Spot Healing" and "Clone" tools.

 

 

Thanks. Those are the two tools I tried and I found it to be a bit tedious, but at least it works.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Right on Pope, possibly the best post you've ever made. Those are some great shots, need any help cleaning up the scans? I've got a slide/negative scanner that will give some great baseline data to start with, and with a large scan its just a matter of patience to make old images look great. Of course, if you come down to Tenino to do the scans I'll make you sport climb in my yard, but I promise I won't tell any tales out of school.

 

OW, you're too kind. I may take you up on that offer. Always wanted to check out your private crag.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Good stuff all the way around though. I don't have any/many pics I can pull from the way back machine, so it's always nice to see others stuff.

 

Thanks Bill. Funny that I got into hiking because of photography, and hiking eventually made me curious about climbing. Then, the more I got into climbing, the less I wanted to carry a 35 SLR with multiple lenses or even a zoom. Wish we had digital photography 20 years ago.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.




×
×
  • Create New...