Adams-County-PA

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Beautiful Autumn foliage lines Wheatfield Road on the way towards Little Round Top in the Gettysburg National Battlefield, Adams County Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Warming polarizer filter on lens.
Kodak Ektar 100 color negative film shot at ISO 100.
1/4 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.
Cropped to desired size in post.

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A look towards the northwest from atop Little Round Top on the Gettysburg National Battlefield.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired dimensions in post.

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A fence row with a monument honoring New York's Excelsior Brigade in the background.  The monument was dedicated in 1893 by the State of New York. Found on Wheatfield Road within Gettysburg National Battlefield, Adams County, Pennsylvania.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/15th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A canon overlooks the Devil's Den section on the Gettysburg National Battlefield from atop Little Round Top.   

This is day # 300 of the project.  Just 65 more days to go. 



Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A piece of a fence row on the Gettysburg National Battlefield.  The rustic aesthetic of this particular portion of fence sort of appealed to me for some reason.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/15th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Gettysburg National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 3,500 Union soldiers killed in the Battle of Gettysburg, a Union victory often cited as a turning point in the Civil War. Numerous monuments stand in both the cemetery and battlefield to commemorate the Union and Confederate troops who fought there. At the cemetery’s dedication on November 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln rose to deliver “a few appropriate remarks,” now known as the Gettysburg Address.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/10th second at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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A hand operated water pump on the farm of Jacob Hummelbaugh on Taneytown Road within the Gettysburg National Battlefield.  During the Civil War battle that raged on here July 2nd and 3rd, 1863, the farm was setup as a 2nd Corps field hospital.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Yellow # 8 series VI filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/125th second at F16.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600.

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Boom !  A civil war canon firing demonstration by re-enactors at Gettysburg's National Battlefield.  I arrived at the demonstration area across from the Pennsylvania Monument just in time for the firing and quickly setup the shot knowing I would crop off the top and bottom portions of the frame leaving a panoramic view.  What I had not anticipated was how much the ground would shake when the canon went off which led to a slight bit of camera shake.  Wow those things are loud !

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/60th second at F22.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 15 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.   
4x5" negative scanned with Epson V600 and cropped in post to desired size.

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We live among the tranquility of farms.  

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.

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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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.