Sloss Furnaces

**Corran** · 25-Aug-2019, 18:45

Saturday, we had a LF meetup at Sloss Furnaces. It was my first time there, but I know many LF shooters have been there as evidenced by a search on the forum.

However most of the images are gone or buried in the depths of various threads. So I thought I'd start a dedicated image thread for Sloss!

My first image hot off the press from yesterday - taken with my Linhof Master Technika, Schneider 58mm XL, on T-Max 100 and dev'd in Pyrocat 1:1:100. I think it was a 2-minute exposure at f/22:

**Corran** · 25-Aug-2019, 19:15

Aaaaaand one more for the night. The light coming in the high windows was gorgeous.

Linhof MT / 90mm XL:

**darr** · 25-Aug-2019, 21:07

Lovely images Bryan. Looking forward to seeing more!

**Corran** · 25-Aug-2019, 22:24

Thanks darr! Will post some more tomorrow.

**Corran** · 26-Aug-2019, 07:12

**CreationBear** · 26-Aug-2019, 07:55

Glad you made it over--I used to live less than a mile from Sloss when we taught at UAB, but it really hadn't been fully rehabilitated at that point. As the old woman says in an Andrew Lytle story, I had a mule older than Birmingham, but there's a historical palimpsest there that's sadly lacking from, say, the nine circles of Hell that is the ATL.

**Corran** · 26-Aug-2019, 08:25

Originally Posted by CreationBear

the nine circles of Hell that is the ATL.

LOL yes! It was about as hot as hell though Saturday. Of course now we have a cold front coming through and it's a balmy 75 here today.

It was a cool place, and my first time as you know, so most of my photos are just "okay" I think. I usually have to go back a time or two before I really make great images at a place. I hope some of the other members who went will post some of their images here soon - they had been before.

I am feeling pretty good about the graphic composition above though, especially the prominent triangles.

**jon.oman** · 26-Aug-2019, 08:32

Nice image Corran!

Question: This site is open to the public? Or, do you need to get permission?

**Corran** · 26-Aug-2019, 09:46

Thanks Jon!

Sloss is a National Historic Site, and entry is "free" - a donation is requested/suggested. There are some guidelines on photography, but we weren't asked about any of that. It's all about commercial photography. No mention of "art."

**Gary Beasley** · 26-Aug-2019, 15:58

Wife and I joined the crew there, or actually they joined us as we were there an hour before. We lasted about 2 1/2 hours before we had to bail due to heat stress. I was able to shoot a dozen frames with my Ebony, got the ten Tmax 400 sheets souped this morning. The HIE can wait till I get a few more frames off. These uploads lost a lot of sharpness from the original scans.