The winters here in the frozen north are long and dark. I don’t ski so I have to think of things to occupy my mind. This is a little table top fun with my Hasselblad 203FE with the Carl Zeiss 80mm F2.8 FE mounted on an 32E extension tube. Taken on my fav black and white film Rollei 80s stand developed in Caffenol for 50 mins at 20℃ with agitation for only the first minute and then left to rest in a water bath for 49mins.

Here’s the Recipe
Make one litre
Washing soda (Stabil) 16gr/l
Vitamin C (Santa maria) 10 gr/l
Potassium Bromide 1gr/l
Instant Coffee 40gr/l
Inversions for the 1st minute and then left to stand for 49mins
Stop and fix as usual
More details on Caffenol here
davidapw.wordpress.com/caffenol/

During the first stop of the ride, this tree stump offered me a place to prop my foot and re-tie the laces on my boot.  After removing my foot from the stump, I looked at the rings that mark the passage of years, and thought of all the gifts we receive from trees.

They beautify our lives, protect our earth, and offer us shelter.

They benefit us ecologically, spiritually, and commercially.

Proud to be a tree hugger!