Barn

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A look at the barn found at the historic 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.
Wratten yellow # 8 filter on lens.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/8th 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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Two farm cats stand guard over an old tractor parked in a barn between another barn falling down and a stone and wood barn still very much in use.  Spotted in the Oley Valley region of Berks County, Pennsylvania.

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 to help with contrast and to lighten foliage a bit.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/4th 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 size in post.

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A corncrib barn found in the Oley Valley region of Berks County, Pennsylvania.  These barns usually have sections on either side with storage bins for ears of corn. Open slots on the walled bins allow air in to dry the corn over time.  The corn is then used as feed for livestock throughout the year.  The section in the middle of the barn is used for storage of tractors or other farm implements.

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 to help with contrast and to lighten foliage a bit.
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.

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This is the fourth and final building in the Star Barn complex, the corn crib/tractor parking barn.  Today it is used for storage.  The Star Barn farm is located just off route 283 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.  The barns were built in 1872 and there have been fund raising drives in recent years and organizational activities centered around moving the entire Star Barn complex to a new home in Grantville, PA where it would act as a museum and agricultural outreach of sorts.  I'm not sure what the state of those relocation plans are today as things seem to be in limbo and the condition of some of the smaller barns keeps deteriorating.  For more information on the Star Barn and its rich heritage, visit www.thestarbarn.com.

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.
Wratten # 8 yellow filter on the lens to help with contrast.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/15 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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The pig and chicken barns found at the Star Barn farm, located just off route 283 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.  The barns were built in 1872 and there have been fund raising drives in recent years and organizational activities centered around moving the entire Star Barn complex to a new home in Grantville, PA where it would act as a museum and agricultural outreach of sorts.  I'm not sure what the state of those relocation plans are today as things seem to be in limbo and the condition of these smaller barns keeps deteriorating.  For more information on the Star Barn and its rich heritage, visit www.thestarbarn.com.

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.
Wratten # 8 yellow filter on the lens to help with contrast.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/15 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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The cupola and east facing side of the Star Barn, located just off route 283 in Middletown, Pennsylvania.  It was built in 1872 and there have been fund raising drives in recent years and organizational activities centered around moving the entire Star Barn complex to a new home in Grantville, PA where it would act as a museum and agricultural outreach of sorts.  I'm not sure what the state of those relocation plans are today as things seem to be in limbo.  For more information on the Star Barn and its rich heritage, visit www.thestarbarn.com.

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.
Wratten # 8 yellow filter to help with contrast.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/15 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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An Ivy covered abandoned barn on the backroads of Potter 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.
Yellow-Green filter on lens.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/15th at F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.   
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A once lush and beautiful meadow now overgrown with weeds and thistle bushes stands before a series of rotting barns, part of an abandoned farm in on Route 517 in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

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 Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/8th at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped and Sepia toned in post.

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A view of an old barn that sits in a valley down below where my Parent's house is.  The barn has new owners as of this year so it will be interesting to see how the preservation of the barn plays out. I've already watched them do some maintenance and preservation on the barn so that's a good sign.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Nothing lasts forever, better capture it while you can, as is the case with this decaying barn complex on County Road in Pittstown, New Jersey.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Tiffen green filter on lens to lighten the foliage in the foreground.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/8th at F45.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped in post.
I should have used a graduated neutral density filter to help tame the specular highlights on the top of the silo.

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Federal Barn at the Landis Valley Museum.  Landis Valley is a living history village in Lancaster County Pennsylvania offering a variety of buildings, barns, farm plots and shops from the 1800s that allow the visitor to experience what a small farming community was like in the 19th century.

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 Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/8th second at F45.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:100 dilution for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. Cropped in post.

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Barns on the pathway at Batsto Historic Village in Hammonton, New Jersey.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/5 second @ F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A view of the main barn and the Iron Master's House at Hopewell Village National Historic Site in Elverson, Pennsylvania.

Camera: Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.

Lens:  150mm Caltar-S II (Calumet re-branded Schneider Symar-S) F 5.6 lens in a Copal BT shutter.  Yellow-green filter on lens.

Film: Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.

Exposure: 1/15th @ F45.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert. 9 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath.  Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass. Cropped in post.

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A look at the main barn on the Joseph Poffenberger Farm within the grounds of the Antietam National Battlefield in Keedysville, Maryland.  On the morning of September 17, 1862 many of the men of Hooker’s First Corps of McClellan’s Army of the Potomac met their demise near here during a key battle of the Civil War.  Later that same day, the farm was used as a field hospital for soldiers wounded in the battle.

Camera: Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Yellow filter on lens.

Film: Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.

Exposure: 1/30th @ F64.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.  Cropped and toned in Photoshop CS5.

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The main barn near the Bogert's Covered Bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  

Camera: Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.

Film: Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.  Purchased from zzmedical.com as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 80 ISO.

Exposure: 1/30 @ F45.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adonol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.

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"That's the great thing about a tractor. You can't really hear the phone ring." --Jeff Foxworthy

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.

Film: Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.

Exposure: 20 seconds @ F32.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.  Cropped in Lightroom.

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We live among the tranquility of farms.  

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Yellow filter on the lens.

Film: Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed.

Exposure: 1/30th second @ F45.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 12 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath.  Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.

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Tractor XING 5MPH...

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera.

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Yellow filter on lens.

Film: Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.  Purchased from zzmedical.com as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 80 ISO.

Exposure: 1/8th @ F32.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.

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A bench made from an old railroad tie offers a resting place out behind a Pennsylvania German bank barn. 

Camera: Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail view camera. 

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Yellow filter on lens. 

Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at box speed. 

Exposure: 1/4 second @ F32. Zone III placed on shadows of overhang. 

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  10 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Kodak indicator stop bath.  Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo rinse.

Scanning: Negative scanned with Epson V600 in two scans and merged back together in PhotoShop since the V600 doesn't natively support 4x5 scans in one pass.