Endless Winter

When March came in like a Lion, I was optimistic.  Usually the old saying holds true and when it comes in like a Lion, it goes out like a Lamb.  But this year that proved incorrect and March definitely went out like it came in.  Then through April I was hopeful that we would have a nice mild spring.  But the weather has remained unsettled and we had snow off and on through the month.

When I was in Nordegg from April 26 to 29, I arrived just after a dump of fresh snow, and it was still slowly melting on the afternoon of my arrival.  Then over that weekend it snowed several times.  Once I got back home to the city on the 29th we saw snow, and even some accumulation on April 30th.  So April came and went much like the month of March did.

Now here it is the beginning of May, and once again there is yet more snow.  In Edmonton it has mostly been rain with a little sleet mixed in.  Up at the cottage, it seems there has been accumulation of a couple of inches.  The only good part about all of this is that it will alleviate the drought conditions a little and hopefully reduce the risk of forest fires.  I would much rather put up with the white stuff now, then with the smoke of forest fires through the entire summer, as we experienced last year.  Here is a screen shot from the security camera up at the cottage that shows the significant accumulation on the morning of May 1st.

The Weekend in Nordegg

My most recent visit to Nordegg was a rather short one.  Mostly I needed to get the pile of new mattresses out of our living room at home and into the guest cottage.  I hauled them out on Friday April 26th and on Saturday got them all set up.

On Sunday, I had the day to myself.  I made a trip to the dump and got rid of all the packaging materials from the mattresses.  I had hoped to get out for a little while with my camera, and do a little photography.  The weather was mild, and the sun was struggling to bust out through the clouds.  Sadly it was pretty windy, and shooting with a large format camera was really limited.  I took a drive west on the David Thompson Highway and explored for a bit.  Although it is a drought year, and there is not a lot of run off, there were a few spots where water had accumulated.  One near the dump was visually interesting in the way that some grass had become flooded.  The ice on the lakes and ponds was mostly gone, but in one spot I noticed some cool patterns in the old melted ice.  I did make a stop along the highway and set up my big 8" x 10" view camera for shot of Mount Abraham.  It was quite windy and challenging to capture the shot.  To make matters worse, the clouds rolled in and the light went totally flat, just as I got set up.

Later in the afternoon I went back to the cottage.  I set up the wood splitter and continued with the ongoing task of splitting firewood.  I now have almost all of the old stuff, from the original clearing of the first lot, completed.  Soon I will be moving on to the stuff from the second lot, and cleaning up deadfall.

We use quite a bit of wood for winter heating, so I cut and split as much as I can.  At the moment I have six wood piles of various sizes around the property, and will be adding more over the summer months.

Later in the evening I hung up my most recently printed photograph.  This is the panoramic shot of the forest along Blackstone River that I just finished framing.  It hangs above the stairway on a narrow little strip of wall, adjacent to two old historical images of Nordegg back in the coal mining days.

New Jobo CPP-3 Arrives

On April 12th the new Jobo Processor that I ordered, was delivered to the house.  It was quite expensive and represents a significant investment in my photography.  But I made the decision to do it as I expect to be shooting and processing film for the rest of my life.

For those not familiar with what a Jobo is, I will offer a brief explanation.  It is a semi automated machine used to process film.  It can also be used to process prints, but my use is limited strictly to film.  There is a large water reservoir in the base of the unit.  It has a circulating pump to move water into an upper trough and keep it moving.  There is a heater, as well as a cooling solenoid, that keep the water accurately at process temperature.  A special processing tank is positioned on the head of unit.  The film that is being processed needs to be loaded into the tank in total darkness, but once the tank is closed the processing can take place in room light.  There are various sizes and types of tanks.  Some hold reels onto which roll film can be spooled for processing.  Others hold various sizes of sheet film.  

Once the tank is positioned on the head of the unit, the base of it rests in the trough filled with circulating water, at the proper temperature.  Chemistry can be dumped into the the tanks through the head, and then the head can be lifted and drained of the chemistry, prior to advancing to the next step in the processing regimen.  All the while there is a motor that agitates the tank back and forth.

There are numerous advantages to this system.  The agitation is very consistent and even... the process temperature is accurately and consistently maintained... once the film has been loaded, processing takes place in room light... and only small amounts of chemistry are needed as the agitation of the drum keeps fresh chemistry in contact with the film.  Really the only disadvantages are the cost of the equipment, and the large amount of space it takes up.

I bought my first Jobo about 20 years ago.  It was well used when I bought it from my friend Tom Webb.  Tom was an exceptional wildlife photographer and won countless awards for his photographs of birds.  At that time he was quite elderly and was moving out of his home into long term care.  He has since passed away but is fondly remembered by the local photo community.  He would have run hundreds of rolls of color transparency film, mostly medium format, on that Jobo before I bought it from him.  It lasted me for about 20 years before the agitation motor finally wore out.  During the time that I used it, I also bought a second used Jobo.  That one was purchased from a private seller in Montreal, and I have no idea how much use it saw before I got it.  This past winter I switched over to that second Jobo Processor and I ran about a dozen batches of film on it.  For me a batch consists of 20 sheets of 4x5 film, or 10 sheets of 8x10 film.  I ran some 4x5 black and white, including Ilford Delta 100 in PMK Developer, Kodak Tri-X Pan 320 in PMK, and Ilford FP4 125 in Perceptol Developer.  Once that black and white stuff was done I did a batch of 4x5 color negative film using the C-41 process, and a batch of 4x5 color transparency film using the E-6 process.  With the 4x5 stuff behind me, I moved on to some 8x10 film and it was while running those larger sheets that the motor of my backup processor also packed it in.

The Jobo system is manufactured in Germany.  It dates back to the days before the Berlin wall came down and was originally manufactured in what was then East Germany.  There were some known design issues with the units, and parts were difficult to obtain.  Since then the units have been upgraded, and are much more readily available, though still very expensive.

The Jobo 1500 and 2500 series tanks are around 5 or 6 inches in diameter.  There were all sorts of different sizes and configurations that were available for processing various sizes and quantities of roll film.  Mostly this involved spooling the film onto a reel and inserting it in the tank.  Jobo also manufactured some 3000 series tanks, called Expert drums.  These are considerably larger at about 8 inches in diameter.  The inner compartments of the tanks were tube like, and a sheet of film was rolled up and inserted into them.  There was an outer compartment to the tank, that was separate from the tubes, and into this the process water could enter and maintain a water jacket around the tubes, to better control the water temperature.  But the large diameter of these tanks, and the added weight of the water jacket, put a lot of stress on the rotational motor and they were know to easily burn out.  This is what ended up eventually happening to both of mine.  The smaller 3010 Expert Drum for 4x5 sheet film wasn't too bad, but the larger and heavier 3005 Expert Drum for 8x10 film really seemed to strain the motor. 

The new CPP-3 Processor that I just purchased, looks very similar to the older CPP-2 Processors that I previously used.  But it is redesigned and now includes a more modern electronic timer, and a stronger motor that is supposed to stand up to the power and torque requirements of the larger Expert Drums.

I will be parting out my two old ones and selling the pieces on Ebay to try to recover some of my investment in the new unit.  Even used parts still command a rather high price, so I hope to be able to do fairly well at this.  The drums, tanks and reels are all very costly too, with most items selling for hundreds of dollars.  But all of the original components fit the new processor, so fortunately I already have these items, and won't need to buy anything beyond the processor itself.

Here are some snap shots of the various drums and my old Jobo Processors.  The last photo is the new CPP-3 unit, set up and ready in my darkroom sink.

Late April in Nordegg

On Friday April 26th I loaded up the four mattresses... actually two mattresses and two box springs... that we recently purchased.  These had been delivered to our house about a week ago, and we had them temporarily stored in our living room.  There sure was a lot more space once I got them out of the way.  I also brought out a few other odds and ends that we had been accumulating.  New comforters, a second bedframe, a framed photograph, etc.

It was a cool and overcast day, with a brisk wind, and it felt more like early spring than the end of April.  There had been fresh snow out at Nordegg the night before, and in the late afternoon, shortly after I arrived, it started up again.  There was a little accumulation overnight before I arrived, but by the time I got there, it was mostly gone, and what came down on Friday evening didn't stay.  Winter sure is having a hard time letting go this year.

Right after I arrived I managed to get the mattresses off the truck and stuffed into the guest cottage.  Then I settled down and made something for supper, and watched the NHL playoffs.  My Edmonton Oilers soundly defeated the Los Angeles Kings by a score of 6 to 1, to take a 2 games to 1 first round lead.

On Saturday morning I finally got around to dropping off the last couple of my Fine Art Photography calendars to a couple of neighbors that I had not been able to connect with.

After that I went to work setting up the beds and mattresses in the guest cottage.  Margarit previously bought an antique headboard and footboard for the west bedroom.  I had to make some brackets in order to jerry rig these and attach them to the modern bedframe that I previously set up.  Then I put the mattresses and a new comforter into place.  I did the same thing in the east bedroom, though we do not have a headboard for this one yet.  There are a bunch of tools and supplies that are kind of in the way in the east bedroom and I will need to get these out of the way before this space can be used.

The La-Z-Boy recliner that I brought out last time is now set up in the dinette.  I'm not sure if it can stay here, as I still need to find a spot for the old juke box that I plan to bring out next time.  This chair used to belong to my Dad when he lived in long term care.  Every time that I sit in it now I'm reminded of him.

Fire Escape

This old hotel fire escape is the last of the color transparency shots that I will be posting for a while.  This is part of that same batch of film processed on March 16th in E-6 chemistry.  It is also from the same road trip that saw us visit the Turner Valley Gas Plant and Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park.

This is the vacant American Hotel in Fort McLeod.  A group of local families took over this old building and is converting it to affordable housing.  At the time of our visit last year, the roof had already been replaced, and they were starting to work on the interior.

My big view camera set up on a tripod seemed to be an attention magnet as three different individuals all stopped to see what I was doing.  It turns out that all three were part of the group that is undertaking the restoration.  I was respectful, and only photographed the building from the exterior.

I shot this one on June 22nd at about 12:00 noon.  I used my Ebony view camera and a wide 90mm lens.  Once again I used that blue/orange color polarizer to enhance the colors.  I should probably refrain from using that thing as I am liking the results less and less.  The exposure was F20.0 and a shutter speed of 1/8 second.  As with the last shot I posted, this one was also an expired sheet of Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.

Writing On Stone

Last June, Margarit and I went on a road trip with our friends Arturo and Sharon.  We started out at the Turner Valley Gas Plant, and took part in a private tour there.  Once that had wrapped up we headed further south to Lethbridge, and stayed there for a couple of days.  We went to Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park and took a tour of the Native Rock Art site.  We had hoped to book a private tour there too, but it was National Indigenous Peoples Day.  So we were able to get out on a free, shortened tour, but could not book an extended one.  We thought that perhaps some shots of the rock art might work for our Apparitions project.

This color shot was part of the batch of 4"x5" transparency film that I ran in E-6 chemistry, on my Jobo Processor, on March 16th.  I shot this image on June 21st 2023, at about 2:00 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony view camera and a wide 110mm lens.  A blue/orange color polarizing filter intensified the colors.  The exposure was F20.0 and a shutter speed of 1/8 second.  This was a sheet of Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.  This film was expired, and hit its best before date in October of 2012.  It is this, plus the funky filter, that resulted in the saturated colors.

Beer Parlour Project - Viking Hotel - BP 12.0

On April 13th we visited the Viking Hotel for the twelfth episode of the Beer Parlour Project.  Officially this is BP 12.0.  This time around Connie and Margarit were able to join Chris and I.  Byron Robb was also able to join us as a guest.  Byron is a long time friend of Chris and Connie, and he is also from Calgary.  I know him well as he also took part in the documentary film, Forgotten Prairie.  Margarit met him briefly when we did that Rosie shoot with the old World War Two fighter plane a couple years ago, but this was the first time she really got to visit and get to know him a little.

We had a great time at the Viking Hotel, and the owner Mario was really accommodating.  Sadly there was an event going on in a nearby town and a lot of the locals were not around.  But we did get to meet with a few, including the mayor.  I took a number of portraits with my big view camera.

Mario also owns an adjacent building that houses a bowling alley and movie theatre.  The bowling alley is still functional, but sadly the movie theatre is not.  All the same it would be a great venue to host some sort of event at.... maybe a fundraiser of some kind... and we are keeping that in mind.

I only took a couple of phone snapshots of the exterior of the building, and have those posted here.  But, once I get around to processing my film, there will be a bunch more images to share.  Stay tuned for more.  In the meantime, here is a link to the Forgotten Prairie documentary, that Byron, Chris, Connie and I were involved in....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb-r8ZLUcGQ

Hank

About a week ago I set up my photo backdrop and studio lights in our living room.  This was just in advance of receiving a delivery of new furniture and mattresses.  Shortly after this photo shoot the living room became so plugged up with stuff that just moving through the room was nearly impossible.

Margarit wanted me to take some portraits of the girls.  I used to do this a lot when they were younger, but now that they are teenagers and beyond, there is very little interest on their part.  I think the last time that I did this was around 2017, so there are a lot of changes in seven years.

I shot three versions of each subject, one on Fuji Neopan Acros, one on Ilford HP5 and the third on color negative film.  So far I've just processed some of the shots that were taken on Ilford HP5.  I'll be posting some of the portraits of the girls in a future blog post.  I shot them individually and together, as well as a family portrait, shots of Margarit and of me, and this shot of Hank.

Trunk Wells

This is a scan of another one of the color transparencies that I developed using my Jobo Processor, back on March 16th.  This was done using the Unicolor Rapid E-6 Chemistry.  

I used the Black and White version of this same shot on both versions of the 2024 Calendar that I put together this year.

I took both of these shots back on March 9th of 2023, at about 2:45 in the afternoon.  These are some aspen trees on my property out in Nordegg.  I was drawn to the way that the wind had drifted the snow around the trunks.  I was a little disappointed that my composition didn't capture the mood that I felt when I witnessed this.

For the color version I used a sheet of Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.  I shot this with my Ebony view camera and a slightly wide Fujinon 125mm lens.  For this version I did not use any filters.  The exposure was F32.0 with a shutter speed of 1/4 second.  Like many previous color shots that I have recently posted, this sheet of film was way out of date, and expired in October of 2012.

Print Finishing

Margarit travelled down to East Coulee to spend a few days with Hailey.  I stayed behind in Edmonton and was the head Girl-Herder for the other two.  Helena had to be shuffled to and from school, and then there was groceries, household chores and cooking to look after.

Over the weekend of April 19, 20 and 21, I spent some time down in my darkroom, finishing a bunch of prints.  I had about a dozen 8" x 10" copies of the photographs that I took in Fanny Bay last fall.  These were from the 8th stop on the Beer Parlour Project Tour... or BP 8.0 as we call it.  I promised that I would send these to the hotel and to the subjects of the portraits.  I had a whole bunch of offcuts of matboard, the window cutouts from larger prints, and these were the perfect size for these small 8x10's.  So I cut mounts and matts for everything, drymounted all the prints, packaged them up, and shipped them off to Vancouver Island.

Then I set about framing a couple of pieces.  This utilized the frame stock that I cut when I was out at Nordegg the last time.  I have one small color print, the photograph taken by Connie, from BP 9.1.  It is a portrait of Willy, one of the patrons at the Victoria Hotel in Bruderheim.  The hotel owners asked me to frame it for them, so they could present it as a gift to Willy.  

I also framed the panoramic print of the forest along the Blackstone River, that I printed some time ago.  I had this one already mounted and matted, and it just needed to be fitted into a frame.  That was one of the frames that I cut out at Nordegg, and now that this one is done, it can go back to the cottage to be displayed there.

While I was at it I cut a mount and a matt for a poster that I had laying around from Procession West.  This was a travelling gallery show that I did together with my friend Rob Michiel.  Over a period of about four years this show toured to about ten different galleries.  This poster featured one of my images, and was a nice reminder of the project, so I will display it in one of our cottages.  This was sort of a last minute decision so I will have to cut a frame for it next time I'm out at Nordegg.

Blackstone Pebbles

I'm a little undecided about this one.  I took this detail shot out along the Blackstone River last fall.  Margarit and I were out for a day trip and headed west on the Chungo Road.  We made a stop down along the Blackstone and I liked the way the low fall light was showing texture and contrast on the riverside pebbles.  I'm not sure if I like the Color or the Black and White version better.

The color version is from the batch of E-6 color transparencies that I processed on my Jobo on March 16th.  I shot this on October 8th 2023 at about 1:30 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony view camera and a long 300mm lens to get in tight on the pebbles.  This required a little extra exposure as a result of the long bellows draw of the close focus.  This was a sheet of long expired Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.  Despite the film being a dozen years past its best before date, the color balance held up nicely.  Probably because I chose not to use the goofy color polarizing filter like I often do.

The Black and White version was a sheet of Ilford FP4, rated at 160 iso and given plus development in HC-110 Developer.  The exposure for this one was F25.0 and 1/15 second.  I neglected to write down the exposure that I used on the color version, but at two stops difference in film speed it was likely just a reduction in shutter speed to 1/4 second.

Beer Parlour Project - Warspite Hotel - BP 11.0

On April 12th Chris travelled up from Calgary.  Connie was unable to make it as she had to work, but she would catch up with us the next day.  Margarit wanted to see a show at the New Moon Folk Club so she did that.  Chris and I headed out together for another episode of the Beer Parlour Project.

This time around we would visit the Warspite Hotel.

The hotel is the last surviving business in the town that has perhaps 50 to 100 residents.  It has had many different owners over the years, and for a while it was closed.  Several months ago it was purchased by Sunny, an immigrant from India.  He now runs the place with the help of his brother in law.  Sunny was amazingly friendly and super supportive of our project.  Along with his brother in law Milan they were very gracious hosts, and welcomed us to their establishment.  The locals are very grateful that their town focal point has re-opened and strongly support the business.

Many of them were there at the time of our visit and we got to meet with most of them.  I managed to take portraits with my big camera, of those that were interested.  

As is always the case with the Beer Parlour Project we met a lot of really interesting people.  There was a young lady, out for a beer with her grandmother.  A middle aged guy that had been born and raised in the area, and knew much of the history.  There was a couple that were not from the town but from the immediate area, and they made a point of touring around to small town hotels, just like we do.  Their's was just a personal interest and they visited places just to experience the vibe.  They were able to give us suggestions on a bunch of other places that we could consider.  And they graciously bought us a couple of rounds, before inviting us to their upcoming wedding, later this summer.  I even met a lady who was a painter.  She lives in Edmonton a few blocks from my house and frequents Mimi's Pub.  She has friends in the area and uses studio space in Warspite for her painting.  Its such a small world.  A long time resident purchased the old auto dealership in town and uses it to store his classic car collection.  The list goes on and on.

A few weeks back I made up some stickers for the Beer Parlour Project.  The Warspite Hotel was the first recipient of one of these and Sunny proudly displayed it on his beer tap.

I only captured a couple of phone snapshots while we were there, and these are included here.  I did expose a lot of film with the big camera and once I get around to processing that, the resulting negatives will eventually be displayed here on my blog.  They will also be added to the project website, which is now up and running at...   beerparlourproject.com

Three from 2022

Here are scans of three more color transparencies, from the recent batch of E-6 Chemistry that I ran on my Jobo Processor.  This was back on March 16th.  These images came out a little harsh, particularly the first two.  I'm not sure the reason for this... perhaps it was the type of film, or maybe there was color shift due to the age of the film.

The first shot was some aspen trees in fall color down in Ranchland County in southern Alberta.  The gold color of the fall leaves didn't really come through very well.  This was taken on September 25th 2022, at about 3:00 in the afternoon.  I used a long 400mm telephone lens on my Ebony view camera.  A Blue/Yellow Color polarizer was used to saturate the sky, but I think that took away from the gold of the leaves.  The exposure was F18.0 and the shutter speed was 1/8 second.  This 4x5 sheet of film was Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.  The film was loaded from frozen storage in August of 2022.  It was stored refrigerated after exposure until March of 2024.  The expiry date of the film was October of 2012.

I believe that this row of trees was associated with what was once an old farm yard.  This was taken down in south central Alberta in Stettler County.  I took this shot on October 17th 2022, at about 3:00 in the afternoon.  I used a long 400mm telephone lens on my Ebony view camera.  A Blue/Yellow Color polarizer was used to saturate the sky, and I think that resulted in the banding of tones in the sky.  The exposure was F20.0 and the shutter speed was 1/4 second.  This 4x5 sheet of film was Fujichrome Velvia 50, rated at 40 iso.  The film was loaded from frozen storage in August of 2022.  It was stored refrigerated after exposure until March of 2024.  The expiry date of the film was October of 2012.

This last one was taken on the annual Fall Photo Weekend outing with the Monochrome Guild, to Jasper National Park.  Of the three shots, this one shows the most realistic colors.  Perhaps not surprisingly it was shot on a different type of film, that was not nearly so far our of date.  I took this shot on October 23rd 2022, at about 3:30 in the afternoon.  I used a moderately long 250mm lens on my Ebony view camera.  A Blue/Yellow Color polarizer was used to saturate the sky.  The exposure was F25.0 and the shutter speed was 1/8 second.  This 4x5 sheet of film was Fujichrome Velvia 100, rated at 100 iso.  The film was loaded from frozen storage in November of 2021.  It was stored refrigerated after exposure until March of 2024.  The expiry date of the film was December of 2020.

A visit to Nordegg

The last time I was out at the cottage in Nordegg was when Margarit and I spent the Family Day long weekend.  I finally made it back, this time as a solo trip, on April 8th.  Almost two months passed between visits, and I think this is the longest I have ever been away.

This time it was my intention to bring out the old jukebox that I bought over a year ago.  I want to get it restored and functioning and set it up in the guest cottage.  The guy that I have lined up to work on it, lives in Lake Louise, so I thought I would bring it to the cottage, and he could assess it there.  But, I was unable to load the jukebox by myself, as it was just too heavy.  I had a two wheeler and some planks, but even at that, it was too much for one.  So instead I loaded up a reclining chair and a bench and brought that out instead.

I only stayed at the cottage for a little over three days, and was generally pretty lazy.  It was really quiet out there as none of our neighbors were around, so I just enjoyed relaxing.  I did get the recliner and the bench unloaded and set up.  The bench used to belong to my brother's family, and it was made by my Dad.  My brother's family no longer has space for it in their house, so I claimed it for the cottage.  I cleared out a spot beside our entrance door in the main cottage, that had essentially just become a junk pile, and put the bench there.

The weather wasn't great while I was out there and it snowed heavily off and on for the first day after I arrived.  Aside from setting up the furniture that I brought, I also managed to move my big chop saw out of the guest cottage.  Before putting it away in the garage I used it to cut up a bunch of picture frame stock for some upcoming projects.  After that I made a run to the dump and got rid of a little household garbage and a bunch of cardboard for recycling.

There were lots of birds and a few deer around.  I put out the last little bit of oats that I have left from the winter feedings.  Now that it has warmed up and the bears will be active again, the feeding has to come to a stop for the summer.  The Red Fox that we have seen in the yard for many years now made his or her appearance at one point as well.

Maligne River

Having finished up all the 4" x 5" black and white sheet film that required processing on the Jobo, I moved on to color.  On March 16th I mixed up a Unicolor Rapid E-6 kit and set about processing the 18 sheets of color transparency film that I had been accumulating.  The processing regimen is fairly simple and straightforward.  It all starts with a 1 minute prewash, followed by the first developer for 7 minutes.  Then there is a water wash, after which the color developer is run for 5 minutes.  Yet another water wash and then the Bleach/Fix is run for seven minutes.  The film is then rinsed and washed and that's it.  The process temperature is quite high, at 38C, so this is what makes the Jobo Processor ideal.

This image was taken last year during the Monochrome Guild Fall Photo Weekend.  This was a weekend in November spent out in Jasper, with several of my colleagues from the Monochrome Guild.

This shot of the Maligne River is a classic example of when color photographs are a little more effective than the black and white shots that I usually take.  Taken late in the afternoon, the valley was in shade, and the colors very muted.  There was very little contrast in the lighting, and with the exception of the bright sky, there was only about four stops variation between the brightest snow and the deepest shadows.  The black and white version of this shot looks rather drab and boring.  The color shot is quite a bit better as there is a very cool mood that is imparted as a result of the evening winter light.

I shot this on November 12th 2023 at about 2:45 in the afternoon.  I used my Ebony view camera and a long 240mm lens.  A blue/yellow color polarizer enhanced the color tone already present in the scene.  This is a sheet of Kodak Ektachrome E100G.  The exposure was F32.0 and a shutter speed of 1 second, which created a nice blur in the water.  The film held up reasonably well considering it hit its best before date in December of 2006.  I also included a scan of one of the sheets of black and white film that I exposed moments before this color one.  That black and white shot was on Kodak T-Max 100 film.  I used a six stop neutral density so that a long 30 second exposure would accentuate the motion in the water.  The film was developed in 510 Pyro.  But none of that really salvaged the image and the result is still rather bland.