Quiet Nook

I stumbled across this older image today.  Although it was processed relatively recently, in early 2026, the photograph was taken a number of years ago.

A long time ago a bought a bunch of outdated film on Ebay.  This was Agfapan 25 in 4"x5" sheet format.  My friend Jon and I bought the stuff, and split the spoils between us.  The film was outdated and no longer manufactured, and here I am years later, still using up the last of my stock.  The expiry date on the box was July of 1990.  I have the last of that film currently loaded in film holders, and when I expose the remaining stock, I will set up and develop it for the final time.  I believe I have an additional 20 sheets or so that are already exposed and awaiting development.

I rated the film just slightly over the box speed, at 32iso and gave normal development.  This was in Rodinal Developer, 1:50, for 13:00 minutes at 22C.  This particular sheet was developed back in early February of 2026.

The photograph is of the abandoned Quiet Nook School, northeast of Edmonton.  I took the photograph on August 16th of 2022, at about 1:00 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony SV45TE view camera and a Nikkor 200mm lens.  A #25 Red Filter created some separation in the sky, and increased contrast.  The exposure was for 1 second at F20.0.