Ilford Delta 100 in PMK

A short time ago I processed a few remaining 4" x 5" sheet negatives taken on Ilford Delta 100.  This was just a small batch and as it turns out there was one negative from each of the last five years.  This was a mixed bag that caught up on some different development times that I felt were necessary.  There was some minus, normal and plus development, based on the degree of contrast required relative to the light conditions at the time of exposure.  The days and evenings have been full the past little while but I finally found time to scan and post these...

From the winter of 2010 I have this image taken of the interior of an abandoned school house.  This one was given minus development, in an attempt to control the high values visible through the windows of the old school.  I'm not quite sure what that black blob is in the upper right.  Probably the sleeve of my jacket or the edge of a cable release or something that strayed into the field of view of this wide lens, a 47mm Schneider Super Angulon XL.

This next one was taken in the fall of 2011.  We stopped to photograph an old farm yard and found this pile of old cars.  This was down in southern Alberta, on our way to the Fall Prospecting Weekend.  This negative was given normal development, as the subject brightness range in full sun did not require any expansion or contraction of the tonal range.  

2012 found me out exploring old buildings again.  This was very late in the year, right around Christmas time.  This one was also given minus development for the same reason as the first image.  To attempt to hold some detail in the high values visible outside.

Early in 2013, on my way home from a business trip out to Saskatchewan, I stopped and photographed the remains of this old stone house down in southern Alberta.  I have photographed at this location numerous times in the past, but this was the first time in winter conditions.  This particular negative was given plus development to boost contrast.

Finally this negative, taken a few weeks ago in early 2014.  This is an old community hall to the northeast of Edmonton.  The light was really flat on this day so I gave this negative plus development as well, which really boosted the contrast in the weathered siding, and cranked up the high values in the foreground snow.