This is a scan of a recently processed negative. This is a 4" x 5" sheet of Ilford HP5+, rated at 320 iso and given Normal Development in 510 Pyro. Processing was for 7:25 minutes at 24C.
I shot this during one of several tours I took of the Nordegg Historic site, last year. I worked with the management team at the site and had full permission to be there photographing with my large view camera. Access to this site is limited to guided tours and there is no public access.
I shot this on September 9th of last year at about 12:00 noon. I used my Ebony view camera and a long 210mm lens. This detail shot of an old bucket was taken in the hoist house. Back in the days when the mine operated, 75 years ago, this winch was used to draw mine cars loaded with coal, up from the underground workings. It was also used, with its braking mechanism, to lower the empty cars back down into the mine. The entrance was not vertical, rather is was an inclined slope. Today the entrance is blocked and access underground is no longer possible.
Due to the low light conditions in this building the exposure was a lengthy 30 seconds at F20.0. This despite the use of a relatively fast film.
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