Friday, January 19, 2024

Milk River

Another scan from the recently processed batch of Ilford HP5 4" x 5" sheet film, developed in 510 Pyro.  Last summer Margarit and I took a trip down to southern Alberta with our friends Arturo and Sharon.  The main purpose of the trip was to photograph at the Turner Valley Gas Plant.  But, we also headed further south, almost to the US Border, and photographed at Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park.  We thought that some shots of the native rock art might work for our Apparitions project.
We were unable to book in advance for a tour of the restricted access area of the park, where most of the rock art is located.  But, it was National Aboriginal Peoples Day so the park staff were conducting short tours out to the site.  This really didn't afford enough time to properly photograph anything, but we got a taste of the possibilities.
After the tour ended we wandered around the park a little and took some landscape photographs.  I took this shot of the Milk River Valley with my Ebony View Camera and a 300mm lens.  It was taken on June 21st 2023, at about 4:00 in the afternoon.  A number 25 red filter created some separation in the clouds, and increased contrast somewhat.



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