Gol Stave Church Calotype

King Oscar II was king of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907, and king of Norway until his dethronement in 1905. His Summer Residence was here on Bygdøy peninsula near Christiania (now Oslo), where he established an "open air museum" in 1881. This circa 1200 stave church from the town of Gol was slated for demolition, but instead was relocated to the museum. In 1907 the open air museum became part of the Norsk Folkemuseum.

In the 1980s, Gol decided they missed the church and built a replica some distance from the original site. There is also a replica of this Gol stave church in North Dakota of all places!

This view is almost the directly opposite side from Finn's calotype.

Trutat variant of a Pélegry calotype on Canson Opalux paper.
5x7 Eastman No. 1, modified Wollensak Velostigmat
3:20PM intermittent light rain.
LV ~13 varying, f/8, 28 minutes
The sun was out when I selected the view, but disappeared before I started the exposure and it did not come out again. Set up camera in rain and there was light rain during most of the exposure. I put my coat over the camera and hoped for the best.

Development:
1 September
Faint image visible at start.
200ml of 0.7% gallic acid, added 2 drops of 12% citric acid and 4 drops of 24% silver nitrate. Stopped when stain began to appear in the foreground, after 47 minutes. It was very nearly done ( detail in the 2nd floor shadow ) and would not have gone more than 5 to 8 additional minutes anyway.