Maris Rusis
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Flooded Forest, number 1
Gelatin-silver photograph, image size 24.4cm X 19.6cm, from a Efke IR820 8x10 negative exposed on Freestyle Private Reserve VC FB photographic paper in a divided back contact frame. Camera was a 8x10 Tachihara 810HD triple extension field view camera fitted with a Nikkor-W 210mm f5.6 lens and an IR680 filter.
A flooded forest is a fortuitous bit of subject matter that just happens to exploit the peculiar properties of Efke IR820 infrared film. The water is rendered black in infrared but because it is absolutely still it becomes a perfect mirror of "black glass". The reflection doubles the amount of luminous detail because it replaces an otherwise schmutzy foreground; an old trick that works every time!
Film exposure was 15 minutes at f16 at an effective film EI = 0.15. That's slow. What wasn't slow was me. I'm jumping about slapping mosquitos while not bumping the camera. Suffering for art takes many forms.