Strickland Cotton Mill, built in 1899 - Remerton, GA

**Corran** · 16-Oct-2012, 13:43

Cool, yeah I recognize that vantage point for sure! I wish there was more of the lake accessible by land, I'm not much of a canoe guy. I flipped one the last time I tried and killed my Nikon F5

I go to Banks for astrophotography often.

**Corran** · 7-Nov-2012, 00:30

So, more photos incoming tomorrow when I can scan them, but for now here's the one I managed to scan tonight.

There was some rain last night and when we got in the mill we noticed water cascading down a wall. There was a pool of water outside that was leaking inside, and had just started. I very quickly set up my camera and grabbed this. You can see the water falling and dancing around in the light, and the expanding puddle, along with a makeshift bedding that was probably used by a squatter.

Nikon 90mm f/8, 4 minute exposure, on T-Max 100 in Rodinal, N-4 development:

**jcoldslabs** · 7-Nov-2012, 00:52

Right on, Bryan! Looks great. N-4 still kills me, though. I'll have to try that someday when the occasion warrants. Can't wait to see the other shots.

Jonathan

**Corran** · 7-Nov-2012, 07:12

Yeah it seems crazy to me too. That being said, as my mentor likes to say, "N minus some more!" - it probably could have used another stop of exposure and N-5 (!).

I wish you could see the water falling down the wall better on this. That's why I'm definitely planning a 20x24 print of this...assuming I can source/make some sort of easel and related equipment.

**Corran** · 7-Nov-2012, 19:48

A couple more, as promised. Both taken with a Schneider 300mm f/5.6

This first is the roof of the building and the Remerton water tower. Rain overnight made the roof a reflecting pond. Kind of neat.

This is the building's original elevator shaft:

Larger files can be seen on my blog, for all these images.

The destruction of the mill is drawing close. They hit the deadline on "starting" deconstruction, and some crews have apparently starting coming in and fooling around. We noticed ladders and some boarded-up windows being opened up since last we visited. As the real work starts I'll probably start documenting that as well...