Historic-Places

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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.

4x5 for 365 project (138/365)

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A canon stands on a hilltop overlooking a valley at the Antietam National Battlefield in Keedysville, Maryland.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Schneider Angulon 90mm F6.8 lens in a Linhof Compur shutter.
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30th @ F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (124/365)

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An old hand-cranked washing tub sits among the shadows in front of an equally old chicken coop at Hopewell Village National Historic Site in Elverson, Pennsylvania.

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

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  Yellow-Green filter.

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: 1/4 @ 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 two and three 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.

4x5 for 365 project (114/365)

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A beautifully maintained historic house on the grounds of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Charles on Maryland's Eastern Shore.  Yes, I have no idea what part of the house I was trying, and apparently failing, to focus on with this one either.  Grrrrr.

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

Lens: Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter with Kodak Series VI yellow filter.

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 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.

4x5 for 365 project (105/365)

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A dirt and crushed stone road separates the farmhouse area from the main bard 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.

4x5 for 365 project (104/365)

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A fence row leads down to a smaller 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.

4x5 for 365 project (92/365)

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The springhouse on the grounds of the Conrad Weiser Homestead in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania.  The homestead celebrates and interprets the life and times of Conrad Weiser, a colonial diplomat who mediated the peace between Pennsylvania and the powerful Iroquois Nation prior to 1760.  Weiser was also Berks County's first judge.  Springhouses were an essential part of every farm,  A pipe would carry water from a nearby stream and channel the water through a trough in the springhouse floor.  Milk and butter and other perishables would be sitting on the floor in containers and would be kept cool by the running water underneath.  When the homestead is open they sometimes have historical reenactors who show visitors how the operation works in the springhouse.

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: 1/4 @ F45. Zone III placed on shadows of overhang above the top center window.

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.

4x5 for 365 project (87/365)

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A battle scene as it may have played out on the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield. 

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

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

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

Exposure: 1/15th second @ F64. 

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.

4x5 for 365 project (84/365)

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Several historic buildings on the grounds of the Conrad Weiser Homestead in Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania.  The homestead celebrates and interprets the life and times of Conrad Weiser, a colonial diplomat who mediated the peace between Pennsylvania and the powerful Iroquois Nation prior to 1760.  Weiser was also Berks County's first judge.  For more information on visiting the homestead, see their web site at: ConradWeiserHomestead.org 

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: 1/4 @ 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.

4x5 for 365 project (81/365)

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Fonthill was the home of the American archaeologist and tile maker Henry Chapman Mercer. Built between 1908 and 1912, it is an early example of poured-in-place concrete and features 44 rooms, over 200 windows, 18 fireplaces and 10 bathrooms.  The mansion is filled with an extensive collection of ceramics embedded in the concrete of the house, as well as other artifacts from his world travels, including cuneiform tablets discovered in Mesopotamia dating back to over 2,300 B.C.E. The home also contains around 1,000 prints from Mercer's extensive collection, as well as over six thousand books, almost all of which were annotated by Mercer himself.  It has also been long rumored that the ghost of Henry Chapman Mercer's housekeeper still haunts the Fonthill castle, making it one of Doylestown, PA's prime supernatural hot spots.

I completely messed up the exposure on this one but I still like it enough to post, knowing I will go back and shoot it again in the future. 

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

Lens: Schneider 90mm f/5.6 Super-Angulon lens in a Copal 0 shutter mounted on recessed lens board.  B+W brand Yellow filter on the lens to help with contrast. 

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

Exposure: 1/15th @ 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.  Cropped in Lightroom.

4x5 for 365 project (78/365)

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A fencerow on the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield. 

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

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Hoya Yellow-Green 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.  Cropped in Lightroom.

4x5 for 365 project (76/365)

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One of the set of arches found at the Moravian Pottery and Tile works in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.  At the Pottery and Tile works, which is now a living history museum, handmade tiles are still produced in a manner similar to that developed by the pottery's founder and builder, Henry Chapman Mercer (1856-1930). Mercer was a major proponent of the Arts & Crafts Movement in America. He directed the work at the pottery from 1898 until his death in 1930. 

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

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

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

Exposure: 6 seconds @ F64. 

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.  Cropped in Lightroom.

4x5 for 365 project (75/365)

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A canon aimed out over the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield. 

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

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Hoya Yellow-Green 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.  Cropped in Lightroom. 

4x5 for 365 project (72/365)

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The State of Pennsylvania Monument on Hancock Avenue on the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield is the largest of the battlefield monuments.  The winged statue of victory stands at a height of 110 feet.  The monument is made of granite from North Carolina, built over an iron and concrete frame.  It honors the 34,000 Pennsylvanians who participated in the 1863 battle. The monument was dedicated on September 27th, 1910. 

 

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

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  Deep red (29A) filter on the lens to create a dramatic sky.  On reflection, I should have probably went with the # 25 lighter red filter for less contrast. 

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

Exposure: 1/30th second @ F45. 

Development: Self Developed in Rodinal (Adox Adonal) 1:50 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 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. 

4x5 for 365 project (71/365)

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This is the Sherfy Farm on Emmitsburg Road in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.  During the Civil War battle of Gettysburg on July 2nd and 3rd of 1863, the Sherfy family was ordered off their farm while the battle commenced, eventually leaving the house and barn  ransacked and hit by at least seven artillery shells.  Their field was left covered with their possessions, bloody parts and dead bodies and 48 dead horses. The barn had been burned and the charred remains of men who had sought refuge from the fighting outside were piled high inside the burn.  Eventually the Sherfy family rebuilt the barn and repaired the house and replanted the fields.  Today the farm is owned by the National Park Service and the farmhouse is rented out.

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

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  Deep red (29A) filter on the lens to create a dramatic sky.

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

Exposure: 1/2 second @ F45. 

Development: Self Developed in Rodinal (Adox Adonal) 1:50 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 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.

4x5 for 365 project (70/365)

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A line of canons stand at the ready along a ridge on the Gettysburg Civil War battlefield. 

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

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  Hoya Yellow-Green 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 Rodinal (Adox Adonal) 1:50 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 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 Lightroom. 

4x5 for 365 project (68/365)

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The front doorway to the Sciota Mill in Hamilton Township, Pennsylvania.  The mill was built in 1800 by Bernhard Fenner and replaced an earlier mill built of logs.  The mill has also been known as Brinker's Mill.  In 1989, Hamilton Township received a sizeable contribution from the Robacker Estate for the restoration of the mill. The Hamilton Township Supervisors engaged Gus Roof, a millwright, who restored the millworks to a working 1700’s condition.  The mill was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in May of 1976.

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

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

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

Exposure: 1/2 second @ F22. 

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.

4x5 for 365 project (64/365)

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A stone sculpted face protrudes from the inside of the United States Memorial Arch, located at the intersection of Outerline Drive and Gulph Road within the Valley Forge National Historic Site.  The arch was erected to commemorate the arrival of General George Washington and his Continental Army into Valley Forge.

Camera: Homemade 4x5 wooden and brass pinhole camera. 0.4mm diameter laser cut pinhole, 90mm focal length giving F225 aperture.  

Lens: None.

Film: Fuji Super HR-T 30 medium speed green sensitive X-Ray film.  Purchased as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 100 ISO.  

Exposure: 12 seconds.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  7 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius with minimal 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. 

4x5 for 365 project (58/365)

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A cabin on the site of a brigade encampment led by General Peter Muhlenberg during the long, hard Winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge.  Created at Valley Forge National Historic Site with a homemade wooden 4x5 large format pinhole camera. 

Camera: Homemade 4x5 wooden and brass pinhole camera. 0.4mm diameter laser cut pinhole, 90mm focal length giving F225 aperture.  

Lens: None.

Film: Fuji Super HR-T 30 medium speed green sensitive X-Ray film.  Purchased as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 100 ISO.  

Exposure: 12 seconds.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  7 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius with minimal 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 4.

4x5 for 365 project (17/365)

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The former weighmaster's house (left) and the oil house (right) on the grounds of the Lockridge Furnace Park in Alburtis, Pennsylvania. The Furnace opened in 1868 during the peak of the anthracite iron industry and operated until shortly after World War One. Since 1970, the 59 acre site has operated as a community park while the original blast furnace building # 7 now houses the Lock Ridge Furnace Museum which is open on a limited basis during the Spring through Fall months.

I'm still trying to figure out if I didn't correct enough or if I over corrected the vertical lines on this one.  Either way, something to look out for in the future. 

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 to improve contrast.  

Film: Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Negative Film, shot at 200 ISO. 

Exposure: 1/4 second @ F45.  

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius. Tap water 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.