Bridge over the Wye at Tintern

The camera had no tripod bush and for this shot was placed on the ground.  The length of exposure has resulted in “movement” in the clouds which together with the obvious light fall-off and the grain of the planks has given a kind of dynamism to the photograph that I’m pleased with.

Water cascade at Tintern

For this shot the camera was rested rather precariously on a stone wall. 

Both images were shot on Fomapan 100 and processed in Rodinal in a secondhand Paterson orbital processor.  The Fomapan sheets work out at just over £1 each; chemicals are cheap, especially Rodinal which has an exceptional shelf-life.  I picked up my processor from Secondhand Darkroom Supplies for just under £50.  It processes one sheet of 10×8 at a time, or 4 sheets of 5×4.

Thought I’d start with the image I submitted to this year’s  World Pinhole Day.  It was shot just outside Monmouth, on the banks of the river Wye.  I used a homemade 6×7 camera and Fuji Velvia.