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Desert Bonsai

pagoda buckwheat, Eriogonum rixfordii

 

My first photo taken with a Packard shutter. My first still life with 8x10.

 

Agfa Ansco C-1 8x10 link also shows the studio setup for this photo.

Graphic-Kowa ƒ9 360mm

Packard Shutter

Hoya HMC Y [K2] yellow filter

Fomapan 400 @200

Meter said 4 seconds for an aperture of ƒ64; reciprocity said that needed to be 18 seconds.

HC-110G per MDC and adjusted for the 25.3°C temperature of the developer - it’s summer in the desert and the house AC is set to 78°F.

Developed as a single sheet in a Paterson 5-reel tank with a piece of a large pool noodle stuffed over the center column - it reduces the required fluid by half.

Scanned in multiple strips on my Epson Perfection V550 Photo that were then stitched together with PanoramaStitcher for Mac.

 

I drilled a hole in the rock with a concrete drill bit. The dead/dried plant's stems are stuffed into the hole.

 

The low for the day was 80°F/27°C, so was in the low 80's when I photographed this in the morning; it went on to reach 110°F/43°C by 4:00 pm; then came thunder, flickering lights, wind and several rounds of rain. What a day!

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Uploaded on July 24, 2024
Taken on July 23, 2024