Pond

4x5 for 365 project (324/365)

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The upper most section of our backyard waterfall that leads down to our small pond.  I decided to haul out the somewhat neglected Calumet 45NX monorail for this shot.  Now that things are getting much colder around here and I'll be driven back inside the home studio I'll be using that camera a lot more for portraits and still-life work.

Technical details:
Calumet 45NX 4x5 large format monorail camera.
210mm Komura Commercial F6.3 lens in Copal 1 shutter.
Circular Polarizer on lens.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/8th second at F32.
Developed in Adox Rodinal 1:50 dilution for 11 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.

4x5 for 365 project (319/365)

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Water droplets languish on the lilypads in our backyard pond after a day of storms.  See day # 186 of the project for a version shot on Ilford Delta 100 B&W film.  Finally getting caught up with this Summer and Fall's color processing.

Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Circular Polarizer 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 (186/365)

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Water droplets languish on the lilypads in our backyard pond after a day of storms.

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 Green filter on lens.
Ilford Delta 100 B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 100.
1/4 second at F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight development tank. 13 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. 

4x5 for 365 project (158/365)

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A road-side pond in the Delaware Water Gap area of Sussex, New Jersey.  It was very windy when I shot this and with the camera and tripod being shaken ever so slightly by the wind, I knew I wasn't going to be getting the crisp shot I wanted.  I also shot it on 38mm 4x5 pinhole and that might actually turn out to be the better shot.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Schneider Angulon 90mm F6.8 lens in a Linhof Compur shutter.
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 (141/365)

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Another in the series featuring scenes from our backyard pond.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter with Yellow-Green filter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/4 second @ F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped to desired size in post.

4x5 for 365 project (139/365)

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Welcome to our frog playground.  Lily pads and Cattails found in our backyard pond.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter with Yellow-Green filter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/4 second @ F45.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Scanned with Epson V600.