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Corn bales sit in a farm field along a country road in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Moose Peterson warming circular polarizing filter on lens.  
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F45.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired size in post.

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The upper most section of our backyard waterfall that leads down to our small pond.  I decided to haul out the somewhat neglected Calumet 45NX monorail for this shot.  Now that things are getting much colder around here and I'll be driven back inside the home studio I'll be using that camera a lot more for portraits and still-life work.

Technical details:
Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail camera.
210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 11 minutes, 20 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A split rail fence lines one of the paths found at Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter, Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30th second at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 7 minutes, 20 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A color version of the Stone Arch Bridge in Kenoza Lake, Sullivan County, New York.  Day # 282 of the project also featured a version shot on Ilford FP4+ B&W film.  The bridge was originally built in 1880 by Swiss immigrants Henry and Philip Hembt. It was restored in 1980-81 by the Division of Public Works and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  The bridge spans the east branch of the Callicoon Creek and is situated in a 20 acre park with a playground for children, picnic tables and a hilltop parking area. It's an area favorite for wedding and family photos.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
90mm F5.6 Schneider Super-Angulon lens in a Copal 0 shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Glencairn, built between 1928 and 1939, was the home of the Raymond and Mildred Pitcairn family for forty years. Pitcairn designed Glencairn as a Romanesque-style “castle” for his outstanding collection of medieval objects, purchased as inspirational models for the artists working on Bryn Athyn Cathedral located across the street. Influenced by the American Arts and Crafts Movement, Pitcairn established on-site workshops to produce handcrafted works of art for both the Cathedral and Glencairn. Visitors experience a wealth of handcrafted creations in stone, wood, stained glass, and mosaic.  

Today Glencairn serves as a museum of religious art and history. Pitcairn’s collection of medieval stained glass and sculpture is considered to be one of the country's finest.  Glencairn Museum is a member of the Bryn Athyn Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Beautiful Autumn foliage lines Wheatfield Road on the way towards Little Round Top in the Gettysburg National Battlefield, Adams County Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Warming polarizer filter on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/4 second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired size in post.

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Water droplets languish on the lilypads in our backyard pond after a day of storms.  See day # 186 of the project for a version shot on Ilford Delta 100 B&W film.  Finally getting caught up with this Summer and Fall's color processing.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Continuing with this week's mini-theme of churches in color, this is the Waterloo United Methodist Church at Waterloo Village in Byram Township, Sussex County New Jersey.  The church was built in 1859 and has an active congregation to this day.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Moose Peterson warming circular polarizing filter on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F45.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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317 days into a 365 project I suppose I should include some color work too so here is the first color introduced into the project.  Located in Montgomery County Pennsylvania and not far from Philadelphia, Bryn Athyn Cathedral is home to the General Church of New Jerusalem (New Church).  It was constructed between the years 1913 and 1928 with work on the stained glass windows and interior decoration continuing into the early 1940s and beyond.  The building was dedicated in 1919.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed using Unicolor C-41 color developing kit and Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Corn bales dot the landscape of this farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania.  In my never ending quest to fine tune my film development workflow I switched to a Beseler 8x10 color print developing drum on a Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base for my 4x5 film development.  I was getting uneven development always on a single sheet when I was trying the Mod54 insert in the older screw-top Paterson tank on the rotary base.  Although the Beseler drum only handles four sheets at a time instead of the Mod54 six sheets, it is nearly foolproof and I've been able to use 80% less developer, stop bath, fixer and distilled water with each batch which is a huge advantage.  I also have a Beseler 11X14 drum that takes eight sheets of 4x5 but I think I need to locate or fabricate a missing sheet spacer insert for that drum before I use it for developing. Going forward, the Mod54 insert will be used mostly for processing the double sided Fuji HRT-30 X-Ray film I still have left.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30th second at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 7 minutes, 20 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using Beseler 8x10 color print drum placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A building shows its rafters at Waterloo Village in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.  Many of the buildings in the village are in various states of disrepair after years of inactivity and little to no maintenance.  Recent fund raising has been able to jump start some of the improvements and maintenance efforts but they still have a long way to go for many of the buildings in the historic canal town.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/15th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A knuckle coupler joins two freight railroad cars at the Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County Pennsylvania.  Each knuckle coupler, depending on the model, weigh between 400 to 700 pounds.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
Exposure was 12 seconds at F22.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 5 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using Mod54 insert in an older Paterson System Tank # 4 placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A pair of canon surround the monument to Clark's Battery, Battery B of the 1st New Jersey Light Artillery on the Gettysburg National Battlefield.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/25th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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The Canal Society of New Jersey museum with its eclectic mix of historical canal equipment in the front yard.  The museum is located at Waterloo Village in Byram Township, Sussex County, New Jersey. CSNJ is a non-profit organization formed in 1969 to foster the study of the history of New Jersey's two towpath canals which included the Morris and D&L Canals.  The museum is only open during special occasions at Waterloo Village and by special arrangement for school field trips. The building contains artifacts related to the canals and canal operation.  More information on the CSNJ can be found at their web site CanalSocietyNJ.org

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/4th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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An old milk can and passenger's steamer trunk share space on a baggage cart at the Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  There are several such scenes like this setup at the museum that represent things that would have been witnessed in and around an old passenger or freight railroad station.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Ilford HP5+ B&W film, shot at ISO 400.
Exposure was 15 seconds at F32 after adjusting for reciprocity compensation.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 7 minutes and 25 seconds @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Mod54 six sheet insert in an older screw top Paterson System Tank # 4 placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A wheel from the original John Bull Locomotive No 1 built in 1831 by Robert Stephenson and Company is displayed next to a full working replica of the locomotive built in 1939 by the shops at the Pennsylvania Railroad in Altoona, Pennsylvania.  Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County Pennsylvania.  A walking bridge at the museum allows visitors to walk above and over the locomotive and casts a shadow down on the scene during the day, making for an interesting compositional element if you embrace it.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
Exposure was 2 seconds at F22.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 5 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using Mod54 insert in an older Paterson System Tank # 4 placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Part of the drive train and motor from the Leetonia Shay No 1 steam locomotive at the Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County Pennsylvania.  The Shay Locomotives were the most widely used geared system locomotives and were built to the patents of Ephraim Shay. This particular Shay was built in 1906 by the Lima Locomotive Works in Lima Ohio, was in use up until 1964 and weighs in at a total of 136,000 pounds.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
Exposure was 1 second at F22.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 5 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius with a Mod54 insert in an older Paterson System Tank # 4 placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Negative cropped to square dimensions in post.

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A store front from the faux railroad station setup inside the Railroad Museum Of Pennsylvania in Strasburg, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.  

This was my first experiment with using rotary processing for film development.  I bought a cheap used Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing roller base off of eBay and an older model Paterson Tank System 4 which features a screw on lid instead of the modern ones that have the press on lid.  I inserted the loaded MOD 54 six sheet 4x5 film insert that I already had into the Paterson tank with 1000ml of diluted Rodinal developer and placed a one gallon jug of water to the left of the roller base to block the Paterson tank from creeping off the roller base as it rotates.  The MOD 54 site states that the MOD 54 wasn't designed for rotary processing but it worked out perfectly in this test.  The key is to use that older tank with the screw on lid.  I used the processing times suggested by the Massive Dev Chart for HP5+ in Rodinal 1:50 dilution for a JOBO rotary processor, 7 minutes 25 seconds, and I got proper negative density with even development.  I'm a very happy camper.  I'll have to experiment a little more to see what the actual minimum amount of chemical is that will fully cover all three sheets of film on each side of the MOD 54 since one of the goals of this exercise is to cut down on the amount of developer, stop bath and fixer that is used per developing batch.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Ilford HP5+ B&W film, shot at ISO 400.
Exposure was 12 seconds at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 7 minutes and 25 seconds minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius using a Mod54 insert in an older Pattern System Tank # 4 placed on Unicolor Uniroller 352 auto-reversing rotary base.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A look towards the northwest from atop Little Round Top on the Gettysburg National Battlefield.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired dimensions in post.

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Back on day # 301 of the project we saw the rear of Smith's General Store within the historic canal town of Waterloo Village.  Today we see the front of the store with the village road running past it.  The store was built in 1830.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Yellow-Green filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/`5th second at F45.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired dimensions in post.