Mount Abraham

I shot this image back on Canada Day... July 1st 2025.  This is Mount Abraham, along the shores of Abraham Lake and beside the David Thompson Highway.  This is a short drive away from my home in Nordegg.  Even though I shot this some months ago, I only just recently developed the film... on October 30th to be precise.

This is a scan of the 8" x 10" sheet of film that I shot on that day.  This was Ilford FP4+ 125, rated at 100iso and given Normal development.  I shot it with my Chamonix 8x10 view camera and a Fujinon-C 450mm lens.  A number 25 red filter deepened the value of the sky, and created some separation in the rock face.  It was late afternoon... almost 6:00PM, when I shot this, so the shadows on the rock were quite prominent.

I developed the film on my Jobo CPP3 Processor.  The developer was Ilford Perceptol, diluted 1:1. for 11:45 minutes at 24C.

For the past couple of years I've been somewhat lazy, and never hauled my big 8x10 camera out all that often.  When I first got the Chamonix camera after my retirement, I shot with it quite a bit in 2021 and 2022.  But in 2023 and 2024 I only shot a couple of sheets each year.  So far, 2025 has been a lot better and I've shot almost 50 sheets of B&W, plus a few color.  I took the camera along with me on the Fall Photo Weekend, and also carried it in to the historic site in Nordegg a couple of times.  Sadly the film is really expensive... but I have quite a bit in stock that I should make a point of shooting, before it gets any older.