St Brynach's Church, Nevern, Pembrokeshire.

[John]

I have made a couple of trips here this year now with a John Nesbitt 10x8 camera. This one shot on Delta 100 Pro, with a Nikkor W 240mmm F5.6.

Developed in FX39ii at 1+19 for 10 mins so effectively N-1 to hold the highlights if I could.

There is a 6000 pixel version at Flickr : HERE

 

[Alan Clark]

Very nice. Couple of things I don't understand from reading your interesting Flickr account. On a sunny day, why did you need such a long exposure? And why didn't you stop the lens down more, to get more depth of field?
By the way, that John Nesbitt camera looks very impressive. And I like the idea that he used yew to make it, and you took a picture of a yew tree with it.

 

[John]

Very nice. Couple of things I don't understand from reading your interesting Flickr account. On a sunny day, why did you need such a long exposure? And why didn't you stop the lens down more, to get more depth of field?
By the way, that John Nesbitt camera looks very impressive. And I like the idea that he used yew to make it, and you took a picture of a yew tree with it.

Thanks Alan,

The exposure here was F11 for 1/4 , exposing to get good shadow detail in the dim under the tree which was quite heavily into shadow. i had a goal that day to perfect "movements" on a new to me camera so elected to try to make the focal plane lie across the 4 main gravestones and was happy for the rest to go slightly softer to create (or try to) a bit of depth. N-1 (10 mins at 1+19, so an error in my OP) development was to attempt to get some detail in the top right which was in direct midday ish sunlight by this point, in the end though I let that go in the processing stage.

It's a lovely camera and a joy to use, despite the set-up time required to get everything square....but it weighs something like 7kg......I think, and it is increasingly hard to find information they are made from Mahogany, Yew and Lignum Vitae....but only going on what I have found in the past. I have had a 7x5 for a few years now and jumped at the chance to own this 10x8, which was sold by his family after his death as his personal camera.

I have now installed a new bespoke ground glass made by Burley Cameras and gained a stop or 3 of light on the glass which is going to help!