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EdBray Friend Registered: October 2011 Location: Plymouth, UK. Posts: 350 |
Steps, Avon River, Dartmoor National Park
This image was taken on the Avon River in Devon about 1/2 a mile below the Avon Dam. The water seen is the compensation flow which is released from the Dam at all times regardless of whether the Dam is 'spilling' or not. The image was taken on my Canham MQC 5”x7” Metal View Camera using an 80 year old Wollensak 159mm f9 lens on 5"x7" Fomapan 400 film which was rated at ISO250, the exposure was 1/10th Second at f32. Using my Minolta Spotmeter F I took a reading from the shadow area of rock just above the grasses in the centre of the frame, I then subtracted 3 stops from this reading to get my taking exposure. I was very pleased to see that there is a large amount of detail in the shadows. The film was processed in a Jobo 3006 Expert drum on my Jobo CPP2 processor set for 25 degrees and I used Divided Pyrocat HD with a process time of 6 minutes each for both A & B solutions, this was followed by a water rinse, before being fixed in TF-3 Alkaline Fixer, then washed and dried. I used the Divided Pyrocat HD as I wanted to see if the Compensatory Action would prevent the whites being completely blown out which is usually the norm with this type of image. This worked well and it did expand the range of tones in the negative. The negative was split grade printed on 8”x10” Ilford Multigrade IV RC Pearl finish with a 13 second base exposure at grade 3.5 along with a 4 second exposure overall at grade 1.5, and a final light vignetting exposure of an additional 4 seconds again at grade 1.5, this was developed for 1.5 minutes at 24° C in Ilford Multigrade Developer in a Nova Tank. |
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Keywords: Steps, Avon River, Dartmoor National Park | |
Film make, size & rating:: FomaPan 400 5x7 @ ISO 250 | |
Film developer & temp:: Divided Pyrocat HD @ 24 Degrees C | |
Lens Focal Length, aperture & speed:: 159mm f9 Wollensak | |
Tripod used Y or N:: Yes | |
Paper:: Multigrade Satin | |
Paper developer & temp:: Multigrade Developer @ 24 degrees |
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