Mine Cars

This is another shot testing the possibilities of N-1 developement in D23 two bath developer.  This scan is one of the 12 sheets of 4" x 5" film that I developed on January 25th.  The film is Kodak Tri-X Pan 320, rated at 250iso.  The N-1 development is intended to contract the highlights by one stop, so they aren't blown out.  It seems to have worked as there is printable detail in the brightest highlights, while the mid tones still retain a good range of values.  Development was for 6:00 minutes in Kodak D23 stock, followed by 4:00 minutes in Borax, both at 24C.

This shot is from one of my many visits up to the Nordegg Historic Site.  These mine cars actually originated at one of the mines in the Canmore area and were relocated to Nordegg as display artifacts.  I shot this in the middle of a bright summer day, and the light was very high and very harsh.  It seemed like a good subject to use to test this development.

I shot this image on July 29th of 2025 at about 2:00 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony SV45Ti view camera.  The lens was a very old Fujinon 150mm that I've had for many years.  It is somewhat worn out and I have to look the shutter open on the Bulb setting to compose.  But the shutter speeds seem reasonably accurate, and the glass is still good.  The exposure for this one was 1/30 second at F20.0.  As with most of my images a small aperture was needed to hold depth of field from near to far.