Civil Defense Cave
Ca. 20 Miles North of Rexburg, ID there are large lava tubes known as the Civil Defense Caves (additional information and driving directions are here). I guess they were intended to be used for protection during a nuclear attack (I'm speculating).
I drove out to the caves yesterday intending to make 8x10 negatives for platinum printing. When I arrived there were a couple of locals holding a shotgun. There were no targets set up, I assume they were shooting the cliff swallow nests. If I were a braver man I would have confronted them, being unarmed however, I walked past them into the cave entrance. They left thankfully and I was able to enjoy the cave in silence.
Exposure times were long (several minutes), so I got a second camera and began photographing with that one. After finishing with the 8x10 camera I walked it back to the car then went back in the cave to get the smaller camera, which was towards the end of its 30 minute exposure. I didn't think I needed a flashlight, even though the camera was quite a ways in. When I got back there I realized that it was quite a bit darker as the sun was setting and there was less indirect light in the cave. I scrambled around for a bit, knocked my glasses off, retrieved my glasses, and then found the camera. I picked up the camera walked half way out of the cave and realized I hadn't stopped the exposure. I'm sure the exposure will be weird if not ruined.
I developed the 8x10 negatives today, most are underexposed and have too much contrast. Oh well, I now have two reasons to go back. This one worked out the best.
Civil Defense Cave From Inside Looking Toward Entrance, Fremont County, ID 2005
I drove out to the caves yesterday intending to make 8x10 negatives for platinum printing. When I arrived there were a couple of locals holding a shotgun. There were no targets set up, I assume they were shooting the cliff swallow nests. If I were a braver man I would have confronted them, being unarmed however, I walked past them into the cave entrance. They left thankfully and I was able to enjoy the cave in silence.
Exposure times were long (several minutes), so I got a second camera and began photographing with that one. After finishing with the 8x10 camera I walked it back to the car then went back in the cave to get the smaller camera, which was towards the end of its 30 minute exposure. I didn't think I needed a flashlight, even though the camera was quite a ways in. When I got back there I realized that it was quite a bit darker as the sun was setting and there was less indirect light in the cave. I scrambled around for a bit, knocked my glasses off, retrieved my glasses, and then found the camera. I picked up the camera walked half way out of the cave and realized I hadn't stopped the exposure. I'm sure the exposure will be weird if not ruined.
I developed the 8x10 negatives today, most are underexposed and have too much contrast. Oh well, I now have two reasons to go back. This one worked out the best.
Civil Defense Cave From Inside Looking Toward Entrance, Fremont County, ID 2005
2 Comments:
is that a print? pt/pd? or is it a scan of a neg? keep shooting my brother from another mother
That's a scan from the 8x10 negative.
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