I shot this diner on an early morning in the late 80s. I think it was the morning of the stock market crash -- '87, '88 or '89? Can't remember. Tri-X 4x5, Calumet monorail, 90mm Nikkor f8 lens. This is an Epson V700 scan of the neg. I messed with it in Photoshop Elements to boost local contrast. I've never been able, with my skill set, to produce a decent darkroom print. The neg is a bit underexposed or underdeveloped. I remember not wanting to blow out the interior detail. The scanned image has more snap and pop, or maybe that's just the backlight of the monitor screen. The diner was in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. I think the structure is still there, but it's no longer a diner.
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