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Rolo

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I'd be interested to hear some of the technical details, what sort of shutter speed/aperture did you use?

 

Well, it was shot on Agfa 25 B&W film and developed in ID11 for 7 mins @ 1:1 @ 68 deg F, (or possibly Rodinal 1:50 for 9 mins).

 

I don't keep details of the exposures, but to get the sky movement I expect this was 24mm @ f8, tripod mounted for 4 secs. I took a Zone III reading on the nearest post and shot half a dozen frames. I normally try to stick around 1 sec for convenience, but it was going dark.

 

Negative is a bit thinner than my liking and it needed more development, but as I was on a camping trip and shooting a few films, I didn't mark up what I wanted to do with each scene.

 

The silver print, like most of my work is printed on fibre based paper using a De Vere cold cathode enlarger. I decided about 5 years ago to resrict myself to 10x8 paper and a lot of prints are 8x8 and toned in home-mixed thiocarbomide and/or Kodak selenium toner. Hence the reason I've presented this small and in a wide mount because that's how the original is. Big prints are great, but limiting in how you can use them in a domestic setting, IMO.

 

Glad you like it. I've another shot just 200 yards up the beach from a few hours earlier that I like much more that I'll post some time.

 

Regards,

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Well, it was shot on Agfa 25 B&W film and developed in ID11 for 7 mins @ 1:1 @ 68.....

 

Many thanks for taking the time to post the additional infomation. I look forward to seeing more of your work which I personally find really inspirational - everytime I look at this or the 'Slate Wall' from a few days ago I want to grab the camera and get out there...

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Many thanks for taking the time to post the additional infomation. I look forward to seeing more of your work which I personally find really inspirational - everytime I look at this or the 'Slate Wall' from a few days ago I want to grab the camera and get out there...

 

Thanks Mr Nomad. If you search for posts in my name you'll find a dozen images I've posted in recent weeks.

 

Andy, it was a beach in a far and distant land down south, called France. Ever heard of it ? A land of beautiful people, nice wine and fine scenery......

 

Rolo

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The guillotine was a protoype for a mechanical action, single blade shutter for a very large format French camera designed to take head shots of notable citizens. For some reason, there was a reluctance among citizens to become the subjects of such 'portraiture'. It is hard to know why, for none of its subjects ever expressed dissatisfaction with the finished product.

 

BTW, Rolo - are you The Stig?

 

with best wishes,

 

Ian

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