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High water at the Hogsback

 

I took the 6x12 to Letchworth last Friday with three frames left on the roll. I had three specific locations in mind, all places that I had photographed many times but not with this camera. I used a standard tripod instead of the usual stubby. This is the first of the three.

 

I did take a photograph here with the previous roll of film. I was trying out a different tripod which proved not to be up to the task of holding the camera steady while I tried to get a half-second exposure.

 

This was a bright, sunny afternoon; exposing at 800 was pushing the limit. I did more work than usual in the Gimp to bring out the contrast in a rather dark negative. Black and white negatives have an incredible grayscale range!

 

Heavy rain combined with the snowmelt from a stretch of warm weather meant the Genesee River was running full; the Hogsback floodplain was well inundated.

 

Ondu 6x12 Multiformat Pinhole Camera

Kentmere Pan 400 exposed at 800, developed in D76 1:1 17 min

Epson Perfection V500 Photo scanner

 

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