Lockridge-Furnace

4x5 for 365 project (62/365)

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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. 

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.

4x5 for 365 project (60/365)

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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. 

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.

4x5 for 365 project (38/365)

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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.

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. 

4x5 for 365 project (37/365)

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Today's project entry is another pinhole shot from Lockridge Furnace in Alburtis, Pennsylvania. This is one of the railroad sidings that has been converted to a walking trail through the park area.  It was once used to haul the raw materials into the furnaces at the Lockridge Furnace complex.  One of the rail carts is visible on the remaining section of track. 

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. 

4x5 for 365 project (33/365)

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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. 

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.