Wallpack-Center

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The doors to salvation.  Dedicated in 1872, the Walpack Center Methodist-Episcopal Church was built by Jacob S. Roe at a cost of approximately $7,000.  The church held regular services until 1978 when the building was sold to the federal government.  It is maintained by the National Parks Service and is the center of community activities held by the local historical society.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/2 second @ F22.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:100 dilution for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (178/365)

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In a very small 19th century town like Walpack Center, New Jersey everything built there is often leaning to one side, built on a hill or bowed in the center, often times all three at the same time.  For someone with OCD tendencies, getting things lined up and even on every axis can be quite maddening.  This is the post office, ZIP code 07881.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/15th second @ F22.
Developed in Kodak Xtol 1+2 dilution in Mod54 daylight tank. 6 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius.
Negative scanned with Epson V600. Cropped in post.

4x5 for 365 project (165/365)

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A tree looms over a garage in the very quiet town of Wallpack Center, New Jersey.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
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 (159/365)

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One of the several houses left in Wallpack Center, New Jersey. It would make a good advertisement for Sherwin-Williams Paints.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
Exposure was 1/15 second @ F32.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal (Adox Adonal) 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.

4x5 for 365 project (156/365)

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The old one-room schoolhouse at Wallpack Center, New Jersey.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
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 (155/365)

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The inside of an old, rusting gas pump.  Found at Wallpack Center, New Jersey.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Wratten 8 (yellow) filter on lens using a Kodak series VI slip-on filter adapter.  
Arista EDU 200 Ultra B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/50th second @ F22.
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 (154/365)

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A bent tree, it's leaves wind blown by a warm Spring wind, sits in a grassy section of Wallpack Center.   The town is one of several that were abandoned as part of the canceled Tocks Island dam project back in the late 1960s and early 1970s.  

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.
Graflex Optar 135mm F4.7 lens in a Graphex shutter.
Carl-Zeiss Softar-1 filter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
Exposure was 1/4 second @ F22.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Negative scanned with Epson V600.