There's lots of flaws in this image, but I still kinda like it. This old abandoned grain elevator sits out near the Saskatchewan border in east central Alberta, along the CN mainline.
There is a lot of distortion in this image due to the fact that I used an extreme wide angle lens, and pointed it up. The movements resulted in some vignetting in the upper corners due to some inadeqaute coverage by this lens. And, there is some lens flare behind the elevator due to the sun being just outside the frame in the upper left. Somehow it's all sort of interesting visually.... at least to me.
This is a 4"x5" sheet of Kodak Tri-X Pan 320. The film was exposed at 320 iso and given normal development, on my Jobo Processor, in PMK. Development was for 9:35 at 20C.
I shot this on May 10th 2025 at about 12:40 in the afternoon. Chris and I were in the area visiting some old hotels for the Beer Parlour Project and took a break to explore this old elevator.
I shot the image with my Ebony SV45TE view camera and a Schneider 47mm lens. A Centre filter was used to balance the light, and a #22 Orange filter pumped up contrast. I used a relatively quick shutter speed to stop the motion of the approaching train. 1/60 second at F10.0.
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