better left unsaid

This build­ing is part of the Archi­tec­ture and Plan­ning cam­pus at Dal­housie Uni­ver­sity in Hal­i­fax. I wanted some good, grand archi­tec­ture to shoot at night using avail­able light. This build­ing fit the bill per­fectly as it has tall columns and an impres­sive entrance. The light source was way up high at the top of the columns mak­ing for a moody and dra­matic scene.

I was mostly inter­ested in the columns, but after I printed the frame I noticed the snow on the steps, pushed to side and cleared up the mid­dle. It gives the shot a lit­tle more human­ity, some “mess” in an oth­er­wise cold and stark scene.

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Cam­era: Mamiya C33 Pro­fes­sional
Lens: Mamiya-Sekor 80mm (Black)
Fil­ter: none
Film: Fuji Acros 100
Devel­oper: Kodak XTOL 1+1
Devel­op­ment: Small tank for 9:30 at 20 degrees Cel­sius. Agi­ta­tion was for the first minute, then four inver­sions per minute.
Date: March, 2008
Loca­tion: 44.64337,-63.57460
Copy­right: 2008 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.
Notes: Aper­ture was f8 and shut­ter speed was 45 seconds.

Tags: architecture · blackandwhite · halifax · longexposure · mamiyaC33 · mediumformat · night · novascotia · winter
Posted in: Photographs

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