This is another shot from that Monochrome Guild trip down to Drumheller. And unlike the previous shot, this one was taken on Kodak Tri-X Pan 320, rated at 400 and given N+1 development in PMK. I ran this batch on November 19th and development was for 16:40 minutes at 20C. Sadly I messed up mixing the developer for the second batch that day, and lost ten sheets of film. Fortunately I almost always shoot duplicates of everything, so I should have other versions of everything I lost.
Near the Timber Bridge in East Coulee there is a site that has become somewhat of a shrine. A local guy named Steve, that lives in East Coulee, owns the land and set this up. It started out as a memorial to his parents when they passed on. For a number of years since then he has continued adding to it. There are logs and driftwood that he finds in the river, stones from the hills, and all sorts of little trinkets and odds and ends.
Many people mistakenly claim that it is a native burial ground or ceremonial site. But that couldn't be further from the truth. The site where it is situated was ground zero in the middle of a couple of coal mines. There were roadways and rail lines and all sorts of activity here for decades. Now that the mines have been closed for half a century or more, the land is beginning to revert back.
I thought this spot looked like a miniature version of Stonehenge. The object in the middle is a small ceramic scuplture of two figures, arm in arm. It all looks pretty cool in the low and direct fall light.
I shot this on October 16th at about 3:15 in the afternoon. I used my Ebony view camera and a Fujinon 125mm lens. The exposure was F25.0 and a shutter speed of 1/60 second.
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