Seven Acre Rock is a large rocky outcrop, 600 m altitude, which provides superb views of the Yarra State Forest, the Bunyip River Valley, and the Bunyip State Park in the state of Victoria.
It is located in the Yarra State Forest, deep in the logging area south of the town of Powelltown, about 80 km east of Melbourne. It can be visited by a 2km return hike from a picnic area. The geological formations of quite stark white boulders are surrounded by natural forest all around on the slopes leading up to it, but near the peak stand (and lie) the casualties of the bush fires that ravaged many parts of the state early in the year; the charred, blackened and truncated trunks of trees that were. They act as a quite aesthetic counterpoint to the chalky white rocks. This image looks out across the Yarra Valley.
Camera: Bronica SQ-A Film: Fuji Pro 400H
This image represents my first foray into home C-41 development. The chemicals were a bit warmer than needed (at 42ºC) but still within usable range.
Method: The Nova Pro-Speed 41 ‘Press Kit’ is a two step C-41 process consisting of a short development time (in this case 2min 5 sec @ 42ºC) agitating 15 sec initially then 5 sec every 30 sec and then 3 min blix, continuous agitation (I misread the instructions and should have only done 2 min Blix for that temperature but it didn’t seem to matter).
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very nice. i still have a c-41 kit i need to test out.
Stunning view, and a sobering contrast.
Are you using a rotary machine, or a hand held tank to process your colour at home?
Thanks Kevin & Stuart. Kevin, it was pretty straightforward, so long as you can keep the temperature high & constant enough in some ways it’s easier than B & W. Break that kit out of storage!
Stuart, Im just using a Patterson tank, wouldn’t know how to use the rotary drum thingies!
Really nice image. I use Tetenal C41 kits which are very similar. I also have a Nova water bath to keep the temperature constant. Alot of people are intimidated by colour processing but C-41 is not much harder than b&w processing – you just have to keep an eye on the temperature. It is
excellent landscape.I’m impressed by the move to home colour processing.
Thank you both Charles & Gary, much appreciated!
@ Charles – I have a Tetenal C41 kit that I will be giving a spin after the Nova chemicals are exhausted. The difference with the Tetanal kit to the Nova is that there is a third step/bath, the ‘stabilizer’…
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