A short time ago I spent a couple of days down in my darkroom, working on some prints. One of several negatives that I worked with was this shot of the forest edge, along the Blackstone River. This spot is along the Forestry Trunk Road, not too far from our cottage.
I shot this image back in 2020, on June 26th, right around high noon. It was shot with the intention of cropping to this panoramic format. I shot it with my Ebony 4x5 view camera on Ilford FP4 film. I gave the negative plus development in Kodak HC-110 Developer to pump up the contrast, as the light was rather flat. It was shot with a long 240mm lens to get in tight on the treeline, which was actually across the river from where I set up my tripod. A #25 Red Filter deepened the shadows.
I made two versions of this print. The small version was printed on 8" x 10" paper and cropped to approx. 5" x 10". I mounted and matted these and they will be offered for sale at the Beehive Artisan Market in Nordegg. I also made a large version on 16" x 20" paper, cropped to approx. 10" x 20". I have this one mounted and matted and will be putting it into a frame, and hanging it at the cottage.
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