Shortly earlier than Christmas 2020 my pal Erik visited me and we went on a photograph journey to Fuhr’s Huette in Idar-Oberstein, a small hut constructed beneath a large fallen rock in 1702. I selected the Rolleiflex SL66 with the Zeiss Distagon 4/50 due to the narrowness at this place. And for movie, the well-known ILFORD HP5 PLUS.
The fallen rock slid down in three elements 12,000 years in the past after being washed away by the Nahe River. In 1702, a small home was in-built/beneath the rock for the ferryman. The Nahe River had most likely not but been straightened and was actually a lot wilder at that time; there have been no bridges there but both. However the folks there wished to get to the opposite aspect with out getting their ft moist.
I don’t know why, however the metropolis by no means marketed it as a particular vacationer vacation spot. Sure, there are just a few postcards of it, however they’re additionally historic. However perhaps it’s higher that manner. And no less than it’s stored in good situation. Anyway, they’ve the well-known rock church, a church that was constructed into the rock, there’s additionally a legend about it.
This little hut was our vacation spot. Sure, it was a gray day, however irrespective of. Immediately, the street goes fairly excessive previous the home, you hardly discover it when driving previous. Earlier than, after I was little, the street was even decrease and it was all the time one thing particular for me once we drove previous it.
Now, I may solely take my photos from the railing, sadly, I couldn’t get right down to the home. I took all of the pictures after measuring the sunshine, so I solely measured a couple of times, as a result of on this boring climate the sunshine circumstances didn’t change shortly anyway.
I might love to see the within of the home. Are the rear partitions naked rock or had been partitions constructed? And the way far do the rooms go into the rock? That’s what I’m serious about.
After improvement and scanning, HP5 PLUS didn’t disappoint me once more. The grain is negligible in medium format, it’s simply nice. And I actually just like the greyscales, the contrasts and the depth of subject. It’s slowly changing the Delta 400 as my commonplace for 400 movie, so undoubtedly in medium format. And by the best way, it’s additionally higher to push.
~ Olaf
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