Sharples

This is the old Parrish and Heimbecker grain elevator at Sharples.  I shot this last summer when we were in the area for some Beer Parlour Project outings.  I shot it again when the Monochrome Guild was out for our fall trip.  This is a scan of the earlier negative, shot on a 4" x 5" sheet of Kodak T-Max 100.  The rail line that goes past the elevator has been abandoned for some time, and the rails have been pulled up.  A trail society now owns the right of way and there has been ongoing talk that the elevator will be coming down.  It seems to me the society would be better served to spend their money on upgrading the trail, not wasting it on demolition.

I rated the film at 80 iso and developed it in 510 Pyro, 1:100.  This was part of a batch that I processed on December 22nd.  This shot was taken on June 15th 2025, at about 1:45 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony SV45TU view camera and a 135mm lens.  A #8 Yellow Filter created a little separation in the sky.  The exposure was for 1/30 second at F16.0.