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An angel grave marker from 1946, found in Sacred Heart Cemetery, also known as Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Wratten yellow # 8 filter on lens.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
1/15th second at F16.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 6 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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The giant Coplay Cement Company Kilns, located in Saylor's Park on North Second Street in Coplay, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. These ninety foot tall vertical Kilns were in use From 1893 to 1904 when they were superseded by more advanced cement kiln technology. In the 1920s all the surrounding Coplay Cement Company buildings were demolished and the top 30 feet of each kiln was removed for some reason.  The kilns are surrounded by the Ironton Rail Trail which is part of the "Rails to Trails" program that takes abandoned rail lines and converts them to multi-use recreation paths.   

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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 polarizing filter 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 (335/365)

Today marks the start of the final month of this year long daily project.  Time flies for sure.  I'm scrambling to trim down the list of places I still have time left to shoot and with the horrible Winter light and cold starting to move into the area I need to also consider the move back into the studio for more still life work. It really doesn't feel like eleven months have passed already.

The Haines mill was built by John George Knauss in 1760 and was in continual operation as a mill until 1956.  The Lehigh County Commissioners purchased the mill in 1972 and now operate the restored mill as a grist mill museum as part of the Lehigh County Park's System.  

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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 polarizing filter 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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"Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for, without being seen, they are present with you". ~St Francis of Sales.  As seen in Sacred Heart Cemetery, also known as Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Wratten yellow # 8 filter on lens.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F16.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 6 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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The chapel at Sacred Heart Cemetery, also formerly known as Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.   Any history on this building has been elusive to say the least.

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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.
Wratten yellow # 8 filter on lens.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F22.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 6 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 cross gravestone spotted at Sacred Heart Cemetery, also known as Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.   The late afternoon sun was casting some great shadows on Sunday.  I can't wait to get this negative under the enlarger in the darkroom later this week.

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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.
Wratten yellow # 8 filter on lens.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F22.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:150 dilution for 6 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 small section of a tiny man-made waterfall found in the Allentown Rose Garden in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  

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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 0.6/ND4 2 stop neutral density filter.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
2 seconds at F22.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 11 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. Cropped to desired size in post.

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A tree reflection in one of the reflecting pools found in the Allentown Rose Garden in Allentown, Pennsylvania.  

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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.
Yellow-Green filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 125.
1/8 second at F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 11 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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In 1747 the Moravians, as part of a self-sufficient community, built a thriving center of craft and commerce along the Monocacy Creek and the Lehigh River in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.  Included in that cluster of buildings were a saw mill, soap mill, wash houses,   grist mill, oil mill, tannery, blacksmith shop, water works and a brass foundry.  Some of these structures are still standing today.  This photo shows a section of the sprinhouse including the very rustic looking wooden door.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/50th second @ F22.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal (Adox Adonal) 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

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In 1747 the Moravians, as part of a self-sufficient community, built a thriving center of craft and commerce along the Monocacy Creek and the Lehigh River in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.  Included in that cluster of buildings were a saw mill, soap mill, wash houses,   grist mill, oil mill, tannery, blacksmith shop, water works and a brass foundry.  Some of these structures are still standing today.  In this photo, a section of the back end of the mill, once used for mill storage, stands in ruins, an Archimedes screw which was used in several devices within the mill and designed to lift heavy objects like mill stones, lays on the grass next to a large gear, also used in milling operations.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/30th second @ F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (160/365)

In 1747 the Moravians, as part of a self-sufficient community, built a thriving center of craft and commerce along the Monocacy Creek and the Lehigh River in Bethlehem Pennsylvania.  Included in that cluster of buildings were a saw mill, soap mill, wash houses,   grist mill, oil mill, tannery, blacksmith shop, water works and a brass foundry.  Some of these structures are still standing today.  In this photo, a section of the back end of the mill, once used for mill storage, stands in ruins, an Archimedes screw which was used in several devices within the mill and designed to lift heavy objects like mill stones, lays on the grass just beyond the wall.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/50th second @ F32.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.
Some dodging of the wall and burning of the outside was done in post to reveal shadow detail on the brick and control the bright sunlight on the grass.  I really need to shoot this type of scene in full cloud cover to control the tonality range at exposure time.

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

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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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"Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence." --Henry David Thoreau

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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.

4x5 for 365 project (97/365)

Project update: I'm very far behind on the project postings because of workload at my day job and a string of bad weather weekends but I am getting caught up.  I traded some medium format gear (extra lens and some backs) for a 1950's era Busch Pressman model D 4x5 press camera that will allow me to be a little more portable with my 4x5 shooting.  It fits nicely into a backpack and is extremely rugged in its construction.  It doesn't have any back standard movements and lacks swing as a front standard movement but it is  still highly capable in the field for most of the type of subjects I end up shooting.  Coupled with my monorail 4x5s and 4x5 pinholes it will be an excellent addition to my 4x5 tool chest.
 
This is "Hunter's Cabin", located on park land next to the Bogert's Covered Bridge in Lehigh County.  It is a Germanic log cabin built in the 1739-1741 time frame by Abraham Kirper (or Carper) on land that that was bought in 1738. Later the cabin and 294 acres were acquired by Peter Bogert whose family owned the property for five generations. In the 1930s, Robert A. Young owned the land and had some restoration done to the clapboard-sided log cabin, and in 1938 additional restoration was completed by the Allentown Parks Department with the assistance of Allentown architects John K. Heyl and William D. Miller.

The cabin is a story-and-a-half “bank” house moved to its current location from a hilltop across 24th Street. It is believed the current compass orientation of the building is rotated 180 degrees from the original orientation—perhaps to provide a view of nearby Bogert’s Covered Bridge Bridge from the cabin’s front porch. It is one of three log structures preserved in the City of Allentown’s park system (there are four within the City of Allentown). It rests in a lovely setting beside the 1841 Bogert’s Bridge† (one of the oldest remaining covered bridges in Lehigh County), in part of Allentown’s extensive park system, after being moved to its current location from a nearby hillside. Hunters Cabin contains two rooms, plus an overhead loft, and a basement.

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

Lens: Rodenstock Geronar 150mm F6.3 lens in a Copal 0 shutter.  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: 1/30 @ 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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Sometimes all you have is the roof over your head.  Sometimes you don't even have that.  Ruins from blast furnace # 8 at Lockridge Furnace in Alburtis, Pennsylvania. 

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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: 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: 1/15th @ F45. 

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adinol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius with minimal inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. 

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 to taste in Lightroom 4.

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This is the main furnace structure at Lockridge Furnace in Alburtis, Pennsylvania.  Today it houses a museum that details the iron industry in the lehigh Valley in the 1800s and early 1900s. 

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

Lens: None. 

Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra 100 ISO B&W Negative Film (Re-branded Fomapan), shot at ISO 64. 

Exposure: 10 seconds.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 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 to desired size in Lightroom 4.

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Always time enough to sit and count the snowflakes.  This is another 4x5 large format pinhole shot from Lockridge Furnace in Alburtis, Pennsylvania.

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

Lens: None. 

Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra 100 ISO B&W Negative Film (Re-branded Fomapan), shot at ISO 64. 

Exposure: 10 seconds.

Development: Self Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Paterson Universal Tank using the Taco Method. 13 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 to desired size in Lightroom 4. 

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Today's project entry is the first 4x5 pinhole shot.  These are the ruins of blast furnace building # 8 at Lockridge Furnace in Alburtis, Pennsylvania. The Furnace opened in 1868 during the peak of the anthracite iron industry and operated until shortly after World War One.  I'm using a hand made pinhole camera of wood and brass construction, more of a proof of concept at this point rather than a finished product.  My plans are to perfect the design then make it look good.  Eventually I'd like to make a 4x10 pinhole design for shooting X-Ray film in half sheets for panoramic shots.  For those unfamiliar with pinhole photography, basically it utilizes a simple box that has a very, very tiny hole on one end and the film on the opposite end.  When the shutter or latch is opened over the hole, light streams into the box and records the image on the film.  Because the hole is so narrow (F225 aperture on this model) it gives an almost infinite depth of field making everything in focus front to back while at the same time making things appear soft and dreamy.  It's photography at it's simplest form. 

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

Lens: None.  LOL

Film: Arista EDU 100 Ultra 100 ISO B&W Negative Film (Re-branded Fomapan), shot at ISO 64. 

Exposure: 9 seconds.  Metered and timed with Pinhole Assist app on iPhone.

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.

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This one-room schoolhouse is located on Allemaengel Road in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. It sits in a farm field and was converted, at some point, from a school into a storage building for the farmer who's land the building sits on. The sliding door that the farmer installed on the front is now missing but the rest of the structure seems to be in pretty sound condition. I couldn't find any information at all about the name of the school or years of operation though the architecture and building materials are consistent with other one-room schools in the area that were built in the 1880-1910 time frame. The birdhouse on the tree makes it easy to imagine the school kids gathering under the tree for shade during warm June days and looking up to watch the birds.

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

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  Tiffen # 29 Red filter on the lens to darken sky and improve contrast.  

Film: Ilford Delta 100 ISO Negative Film, shot at box speed. 

Exposure: With adjustments for film reciprocity and filter factor the exposure was 20 seconds @ F32.  

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.

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The ruins of blast furnace building # 8 stand 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.

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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: 1/2 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.  Cropped to taste in Lightroom 4.