tales from the yard

I am an urban explorer at heart. Yeah, I can do the photojournalism well. Yeah I can do portraits. Yeah, you name it, I can figure it out. My favorite shooting though, is somewhere touched by man, then abandoned to decay and eventually be reclaimed by nature. I like things so massive I can't manipulate the composition. Whether it is crumbling architecture or decay landscapes I love seeing this phase of the cycle. 

I guess you could call this rural exploring. I found an abandoned junkyard along a Texas county road. I had my Calumet CC-400, and four sheets of Bergger Pancro 400 with me, a tripod,  and sunny 16. Yes. I pulled over. This is one of the four shots I took. 

Calumet CC-400, Schneider-Kreuznach Symmar S 180mm f/5.6, Bergger Pancro 400 film

1/60th sec, @ISO320, f/45, 15mm front rise

developed in 1:119 HC110, 1 hour, 4 agitations, 20C