Autumn in the forest

The dark forest floor shrouded in chilly autumn mist has its own enchanted fairytale like sensation to it. Little flickers of rare sunlight spotlighting a damp micro world teeming with life that thrive on highly nutrient decaying organic matter.

Ei:100
Ei:64

f/5.6-8 1/4s
f/8 1s

Developer: Caffenol-C-L 20°C/68°f

Twilight at Haväng

 

The Havängsdolmen (Havängsdösen) is a megalithic tomb from the early stone age, approx. 5.500 years old. It was built during the older phase of the funnel-beaker culture, and is located in Österlen Skåne, just north of where the river Verkeån runs into the sea. 

The tomb itself consists of 3 sidestones measuring 1.65x0.5m and a 2.7x2.0m roofstone, surrounded by a rectangular wall of 0.6-1.2m stones covering a total of 60 sq/m. The entrance is faced towards the sea, in the direction where the sun rises and the autumnal equinox i.e, the astronomical beginning of autumn when the duration of day and night are approx. the same and the Sun crosses the celestial equator. Skeletal remains and a flint axe were found during excavations in 1869.

Ei:200

f/8 1s

Developer: Caffenol-C-L 20°C/68°f

Caffenol-C-F(l) semi-stand - Test 2

Encouraged by my earlier test, I adjusted my EI to 64 and increased the amount of Sodium Sulfite from 31.25 to 50g/l. The last part was a huge mistake, the ingredients in the standard Caffenol C-L combined with that much Sodium Sulfite is a disaster!  

In the first test there were traces of the same ill effects on the emulsion that you see here, although comparably less. Maybe there´s something about that pH after all.. I don´t need a preservative added and it only produced insignificantly finer grain so I don´t think it´s worth the trouble to experiment any further with Sodium Sulfite and stand/semi-stand development.

Oh well.. It was fun trying and worth a shot!

Ei:64

f/22 1/2s

Developer: Caffenol-C-F(l) 60 mins @ 21°C/69.8°f

Caffenol-C-F semi stand.. C-C-F(l)?

I wanted to create a semi-stand version of Caffenol C-F, the new fine grain variant of Caffenol created by Reinhold G/Imagesfrugales at caffenol.blogspot.com. After reading a lot about the importance of the PH value in Caffenol C-F, I decided to totally ignore all warnings and just go ahead. I simply added the Sodium Sulfite and 10 minutes to my standard C-C-L development time, a guesstimated starting point for the compensation needed for loss of film speed.

I added 31,25g/l of Sodium Sulfite to the C-C-L recipe that I always use, not altering any of the other ingredients. Why exactly 31,25g/l you may wonder :) Well I was going to use 40g/l but I forgot to adjust for the volume in my 1.250 l CombiPlan tank which would mean that I needed to add a total of 50g for it to be correct according to my initial plan.

First thing I noticed when looking at the negatives after pulling them out of the fixer was that they were perfectly developed although with less contrast than normal (plus it was a grey day when I took the shots). My exposure index needs to be reestablished for this combination, my guess is somewhere around 64-80 iso and the development probably has to be even longer, perhaps 70 minutes next time..

I´m quite content, considering it´s my first semi-stand C-C-F experiment. Pretty interesting stuff!


Ei:100

f/11-16 1/25s

Developer: Caffenol-C-F(l) 60 mins @ 21°C/69.8°f

Lee´s Ferry - Colorado River, Arizona

Remnants of the Wild West..

Lee built the ferry in 1871–1872 near the confluence of the Paria River with the Colorado. Due to its proximity to the confluence, the site was originally named Paria Crossing. It features a natural slope from the cliffs to the riverbank, allowing safe crossing over the Colorado River in otherwise impassable terrain. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, Lee's Ferry was the only crossing of the Colorado River by ferry between Moab, Utah and Needles, California; it was heavily used by travelers between Utah and Arizona.

The ferry was closed in 1928 when the Navajo Bridge (now carrying U.S. highway 89-Alt) over Marble Canyon was built 7 km to the south.

Ei:50

f/11-16 1/25s

Developer: Caffenol-C-L 20°C/68°f

Mesa Verde, Colorado

 The Cliff Palace approx. 1200 A.D.

An ode to the closing Fotokemika/Efke factory, your one of a kind products will be sorely missed!

Ei:50

f/22-32 1/5s

Developer: Caffenol-C-L 20°C/68°f