Timber Bridge

Here's another shot from the Monochrome Guild fall trip to Drumheller.  This is the old Timber Bridge in East Coulee.  It once carried both vehicles and the train across the river from the Atlas, Murray and Western Monarch mines, to the town of East Coulee.  It is now a designated heritage site, but badly deteriorated.  If some restoration does not start soon, there will be nothing left to save.

I shot this 4"x5" sheet of Ilford FP4 and rated it at 100 iso.  Development was normal, in Perceptol 1:1 for 11:15 minutes at 24C.  I processed this batch on my new Jobo CPP3 Processor, on November 15th.

I took this shot on October 16th at about 3:30 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony view camera and an ultra wide Schneider Super Angulon XL 47mm.  I fitted the lens with both a #25 Red Filter, and the IIIb Center Filter recommended for this lens.  This filter has a neutral density spot in the center that fades to clear at the edges.  It reverses the effect of light fall off in the corners of the image as a result of the extreme wide angle view.  Through trial and error... mostly error... I've learned that I have to raise both the front and rear standard of the camera to prevent the bed of the camera from being in the field of view in the foreground.  The exposure for this one was F22.0 and 1 second.