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4x5 for 365 project (15/365)

The loneliness of a January walk. Made this shot at Lockridge Furnace Park in Alburtis, Pennsylvania. 

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: 2 seconds @ F22.  

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.