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4x5 for 365 project (270/365)

The ornate doors on the loading dock area of the kitchen at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.  The prison was built in 1829 and closed in 1971.  A date stone on the outside of the kitchen wall dates that part of the prison to 1908.

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 # 8 filter on lens to help with contrast.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film shot at ISO 100.
Exposure was 1/2 second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:150 dilution for 7 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.