At water edge

TwoRocks.jpg

The sun was close to setting as I exited the forest close by a deserted beach in S. Oregon about 3/4 mile from the roadside where I had left my car. The tide was still on its way 'out', and I decided that I might have time to record on the last of my loaded film-holders, the two rocks that perhaps had tried their best, for many years, to go for a swim ... but had obviously failed. I was somewhat intrigued by the small 'light coloured' inclusions in the veination' within the rocks...... and worthy of recording to my film.

Ilford FP4 behind my 240mm Rodenstock, with no filtration. Exposure was not recorded... my Palm Pilot had been left in the car four hours earlier. While my memory is as good as it ever was, it seems to be getting a lot 'shorter' but I 'think' it was about 1/4 second @ f8 with the least amount of forward tilt on the front standard to get all of the scene within the image into sharp focus. Film was given 'N' development in Pyrocat HD... using BTZS tubes.

Ken
 
OregonBeach.jpg

A few minutes walk from the preceding image ... as the sun was going down and as the tide was receding, I quickly 'set-up' to record the graceful curves of the seaweed in the wet sand.
Image recorded to Ilford FP4 behind my 240mm Sironar. Camera was slightly tilted down towards subject and rear standard adjusted to the vertical. Exposure was 2 seconds @ f16, and the film processed in Pyrocat HD in BTZS tubes.

If I had had something to stand on, I would have liked to have had a slightly higher vantage point to eliminate the 'sliver' of ocean in the top left-hand corner.

Ken
 
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