The Orator

This is a photograph I took quite some time ago, in June of 2022.  I used my Chamonix 8x10 view camera and a Fujinon 450mm lens.  Like Edward Weston's peppers, I think Bosc Pears show really interesting form, and a lot of personality.  I call this one "The Orator" and I posed them so that the one on the raised platform appears to be lecturing the others.  This was part of a series that included two others... "Victim" and "Gossip".  Perhaps I will post those in the coming days as well.

I recently set up my Jobo Processor and started processing a number of batches of film.  This includes 4" x 5", 8" x 10" and 35mm.  Certain film and developer combinations are well suited to the continuous agitation of the Jobo.  In the case of the 8" x 10" stuff, the processor uses a lot less chemistry than large open tanks with hangers.  And for the color processes, the Jobo nicely stabilizes the high process temperature, around 40C.  I just finished up the last of the 8x10 stuff a couple of days ago, and will now move on to more 4x5 stuff, and then to the color processes... C-41 and E-6.

This particular photograph was taken on Ilford FP4+ 125 8" x 10" film, rated at 100iso, and developed in Ilford Perceptol Developer, 1:1, for 11:45 minutes at 24C.  The film expired in 2009.