Sunday, February 22, 2026

Fractures and Bubbles

Here is another shot of the ice bubbles up at Abraham Lake.  This was taken early in the season, and the level of the reservoir has dropped significantly since then.  We have also had some really mild weather that resulted in a lot of melting.  The lake was open in places back in late January and early February.  Since then it has been colder, and we've seen a little snow.  I have not been back recently, so I'm not certain what current conditions might be like.
This is another 4" x 5" sheet of Fuji Neopan Acros 100.  The film was rated at 80iso and given N+1/2 development in Rodinal 1:50.  I used the Adox APH-09 version of Rodinal, and developed for 11:00 minutes at 24C.
I took this shot on December 4th 2025 at about 1:00 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony SV45Ti view camera and a Fujinon 125mm lens.  A #25 Red Filter lowered the value of the sky and the ice, and increased contrast.  Fortunately it was a relatively mild day with little wind, generally not the case at this location, and I was able to use a rather long shutter speed.  The exposure was for 1/2 second at F25.0.



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