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The front of a dwelling known as the Depue House, which was moved to historic Millbrook Village from elsewhere and furnished as a shoemaker's house.  The village is located in Hardwick, Warren County, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Yellow # 12 filter on lens.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/8th 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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beneath them.   Found at Millbrook Village in Hardwick, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
Exposure was 1/2 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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The Peter D. Smith house at Waterloo Village, It was built in 1874 in the Second Empire style of architecture and features a fourth floor cupola, mansard roof, four chimneys and two first floor bay windows. It is in very bad need of repairs including a new roof.   The village is a restored 19th century canal town in Byram Township, Sussex County New Jersey.

One of these days I will get to Waterloo Village on a day when the sun is not blasting from directly overhead.  This was not one of those days.

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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 # 12 filter on lens to help with contrast and darken the sky a bit
Ilford FP4+ B&W film, shot at ISO 125.
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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The rear wall of an old house and a window with a missing pane of glass unfortunately invites in weather and various woodland critters.  Found at Millbrook Village in Hardwick, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7" large format metal field camera with 4x5" film back.
150mm Caltar-S II F 5.6 lens in Copal BT shutter.
Yellow # 8 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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A once lush and beautiful meadow now overgrown with weeds and thistle bushes stands before a series of rotting barns, part of an abandoned farm in on Route 517 in Hackettstown, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Sakai Toyo 5x7 large format metal field camera with 4x5 film back.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in Copal B shutter.
Arista EDU Ultra 200 (re-branded Fomapan) B&W Negative Film, shot at ISO 160.
1/8th at F32.
Developed in Rodinal/Adox Adonal 1:50 dilution for 9 1/2 minutes @ 20 degrees Celsius in Mod54 daylight developing tank.  
Negative scanned with Epson V600.
Cropped and Sepia toned in post.

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An old doghouse found at Millbrook Village in Hardwich, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
1/4 second @ F32.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Scanned with Epson V600. Cropped to desired size in post.

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In 1972, Volunteers at Millbrook Village built this reproduction of a 1860s era Methodist Episcopal Church. During the 1800s, religion played an important role in the villagers spiritual and social life. In the early 1800's, before the village existed, Methodist circuit ministers visited this area. As the community began growing, regular Sunday services were held in a private home. In 1840, the villagers built a small church which was later used as a one-room schoolhouse which can also be seen at Millbrook Village.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
1/15 second @ F32.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Scanned with Epson V600.

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The American dream is not impervious to the ravages of time.  

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
1/8 second @ F45.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Scanned with Epson V600 and cropped in post.

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An old wooden shed sits in the yard of the general store at Millbrook Village in Hardwick, New Jersey.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
1/15 second @ F32.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Scanned with Epson V600 and cropped in post.

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I've shot at historic Millbrook Village in New Jersey countless times in the past and each time I walked this path it reminded me of a set from one of the episodes of the Twilight Zone set in a small village in the mid 1800s. I just wish they had buried the electrical wires instead of putting them up on poles because it really detracts from the otherwise almost perfect authenticity of the place.

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Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera.
Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter.
Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.
1/4 second @ F45.
Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank.
Scanned with Epson V600 and cropped in post.

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"Saddened by what one sees
Upon reflection, their mind beckons the question...
What really happened?

We watched, watched intently
As the world fell down around us" --Allan Gerard

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I really should have paid more attention to making the distance of both sides of the front standard parallel to the side of the building so that all the lines could have been as straight as possible especially since the Busch Pressman 4x5 doesn't have front swing movements available to correct it.  On the other hand, I sort of like the imperfectness of the composition since it matches the total imperfectness of the state of the building.

Technical details:
Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 LF press camera | Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 in Copal B shutter | Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film | Semi-stand development in Rodinal 1:100 for 15 minutes in Mod54 daylight tank. | Scanned with Epson V600

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Iron barrel rings hang outside the blacksmith shop at Millbrook Village.

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Camera: Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.   

Film: Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.  Purchased from zzmedical.com as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 50 ISO.

Exposure: 1/15 @ F32.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adonol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

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 good place for a story, a tall glass of iced tea and an afternoon of whittling.

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Camera: Busch Pressman Model D 4x5 large format press camera.

Lens: Fujinon-W 210mm F5.6 lens in a Copal B shutter.  Yellow-Green filter.   

Film: Kodak Ektascan BR/A single-sided X-Ray film.  Purchased from zzmedical.com as 8x10" sheets and cut down to 4x5".  Film rated at 80 ISO.

Exposure: 1/15 @ F32.

Development: Self Developed film in Rodinal (Adox Adonol) 1:100 in three reel Paterson Universal Tank using Mod54 six sheet 4x5 insert.  Semi-Stand for 15 minutes with initial minute of inversions then 10 seconds of inversion on minutes one and two then let it sit until minute 14 when I do a final ten seconds of inversions. Kodak indicator stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo. Hung to dry.

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.