Dunker Church
Antietam Battlefield. The Dunker Church was a prominent landmark during the horrendous fighting which took place in the nearby Miller cornfield and the West Woods. It was later used as a surgery.
Toyo 45G Nikkor W 150mm/5.6. Ilford FP4+ 125 ASA. F22 @ 1/4s. Inadvertently metered at ISO 400.
Developed with Ilford Microphen Stock @70F 15 minutes. Ilford MG Classic Fiber paper and developer - split grading, dodging and burning.
Sepia toning - K4Fe(CN)6 bleach 5% at 1:1 dilution for 60 seconds and redevelopment in Thiourea.
This turned into quite a project. I had shot some Rollei IR 400 film a few days before, and forget to set the light meter back to ISO 100, which is where I usually rate the Ilford FP4+. Per Ilford's recommendation, I developed the underexposed negative in Microphen for 15 minutes, and wound up with a dense negative. Printing times were fairly long, and the negative was somewhat awkward to print. The sepia toning (my first attempt) went smoothly - I suspect the result would be a little more dramatic in a warmer paper.
Dunker Church
Antietam Battlefield. The Dunker Church was a prominent landmark during the horrendous fighting which took place in the nearby Miller cornfield and the West Woods. It was later used as a surgery.
Toyo 45G Nikkor W 150mm/5.6. Ilford FP4+ 125 ASA. F22 @ 1/4s. Inadvertently metered at ISO 400.
Developed with Ilford Microphen Stock @70F 15 minutes. Ilford MG Classic Fiber paper and developer - split grading, dodging and burning.
Sepia toning - K4Fe(CN)6 bleach 5% at 1:1 dilution for 60 seconds and redevelopment in Thiourea.
This turned into quite a project. I had shot some Rollei IR 400 film a few days before, and forget to set the light meter back to ISO 100, which is where I usually rate the Ilford FP4+. Per Ilford's recommendation, I developed the underexposed negative in Microphen for 15 minutes, and wound up with a dense negative. Printing times were fairly long, and the negative was somewhat awkward to print. The sepia toning (my first attempt) went smoothly - I suspect the result would be a little more dramatic in a warmer paper.