Fall Tree 2023

A view of my annual Fall tree picture I take each year. I’ve been photographing this same tree each year since the 1970s.

Camera: Minolta X-7A No. 3
Lens: Minolta MD Rokkor-X 50mm, f/1.2
Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 (expired on 10/2017 and shot @100 ISO)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: 1/30th of a second
Date: October 21st, 2023, 5.20 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

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