A weather vane and cupola sit atop the main barn at Hayfield Farm in Lehman Township, Luzerne County. Not far from Dallas Pennsylvania, the farm was the country farm estate of John Nesbitt Conyngham and his wife. In 1910 John bought 550 acres that he would operate as a fully functioning and self sustaining farm. It was here that he would raise his prize-winning Clydesdale horses and all manner of livestock as well including Highland cattle, Chester White pigs, sheep, buffalo and Sardinain donkeys. In addition to the livestock, which John would show in competition, the farm produced traditional fruits and vegetables as well as a healthy crop of corn and lot of hay, thus the name "Hayfield Farm". In 1968 the Conyngham family deeded over the entire farm estate to Penn State. Today "Hayfield Farm" serves as Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences though much of the actual barn and outbuildings complex stands abandoned and dilapidated. I shot this back on 8-25-2013.

Pentax Spotmatic F 35 film camera with a Takumar 55mm F1.8 prime lens. Tiffen 24A red filter to help darken the sky and add contrast on the barn.

Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO B&W Film, shot at box speed.

Self Developed film in Rodinal 1:100 using semi-stand development in Paterson Universal Tank. Tap water stop bath. Ilford Rapid Fixer. Photo-Flo.

Negative scanned with Epson V600.

This is the first of my film shots that I have done any artistic texture layering with. The barn has a certain ominous tone to it and I wanted to convey that dark overtone with a texture.

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Tags:   Hayfield Farm Abandoned Farm Lehman Township Luzerne County Pennsylvania Pentax Spotmatic F 35mm Takumar 55mm F1.8 lens Kodak Tri-X 400 ISO B&W Self Developed Rodinal 1:100 Semi-Stand Development Gregg Obst 2013

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