Strickland Cotton Mill, built in 1899 - Remerton, GA

[Corran]

Thank you much for all of your encouraging praise!! Another trip inside is planned for this weekend...

[Oren Grad]

A worthy project and a nice start! Thanks for sharing - I'll be looking forward to your updates.

[Corran]

Round 2!

My favorite image of the day, I processed this at N-4 (!)



This is the original water tower built in 1899



An icon of a time long past? Something like that perhaps.

[Corran]

A couple more...

This was not the shot I intended but the light beam was moving so fast it ended up not working out. This is a crop and straighten job because I had no idea what I was doing in pitch black darkness, save for the shaft of light, with a completely guessed exposure.



Need to re-take this one with better skies.

[jcoldslabs]

N-4? Damn! Still looking good. What a great opportunity. I need a project to get me out of the house with my camera. Last year I was invited to photograph the inside of that old theater and it was great fun.

Jonathan

[Corran]

Yeah and I can see how it affected your photography positively, having a motive and specific subject.

I should note that the N-4 was taking in to effect a reciprocity failure calculation... N-3 for the scene, + one more for an increase in exposure, and still didn't quite tame the highlights. I developed it for 6:30 in Rodinal 1:50, 68F, whereas my N development is 13 minutes. I believe the shadow by the barrel metered at EV3 and the outside area was EV17, or something to that effect.

Also, not pictured was me running around evading wasps that had made several nests in that room

[jcoldslabs]

When I shot inside the theater I dealt with lots of reciprocity issues, too. My film testing is not particularly rigorous (ahem!) but I shot TMY rated around EI 100 and pulled it at least 40% from my normal development time. My exposures were all around 2-4 minutes. I was surprised at how well this worked. To my eyes the theater was very low contrast and poorly lit so shortening the development time seemed counter-intuitive, but overexposing it and pulling it worked out well.

Jonathan

[Doug Howk]

I've used Rodinal/Adonal for a few years and like the results. However, in high contrast situations (common in Florida) the resulting negs are difficult to print. Rather than using N- development, I've recently switched to Divided D23. The Metol-based developer creates a sharp image while the 2 step developing controls the resulting dynamic range.

Very nice images from inside the factory. Looks like a great building. Will have to swing by there while at nearby Banks Lake.

[Corran]

One of the reasons I switched from T-Max RS to Rodinal was because I found the highlights were tamed much easier with Rodinal. I've found my negatives really easy to print now myself. That being said, I've done a little bit with divided Pyrocat and preliminary tests were very nice, and I've been planning on trying it again. Just need to buy some more developer.

I have photographed at Banks Lake many times!! I'm always surprised when people know that lake, it's in the middle of nowhere. Ever shoot LF there?

[Doug Howk]

I've only done LF from the shoreline at Banks Lake. It isn't very well known, except by fisherman. Guess I should dust off the Graphlex and rent a canoe next time I'm there. Here's an image from Banks Lake done with 8X10 camera an printed on Centennial POP WhereIsWally