Ashton Moss

2 - 4 Still concentrating on Albert Hulme's estate, this is the view you get down his track from the gates. It looks like a desolate dirt track in Midwest America. Must try and get permission to take a closer look at those buildings, and if possible photograph them. Nevertheless, I like the tranquility of these photos.

6 - 7 Two further photos of Albert Hulme's. It was the converging lines of the patterns of the fields which drew me towards this area of his land and prompted me to set up my camera and fire away. The low sunlight on the fields was perfect.

9 - 13 Drawn to this again by the play of light on the land, which reinforces the lines of crops and the way in which the field has been cultivated. There is also an interesting looking shed in the distance, which again I would like to get close up to. I'll try and get permission from the landowners to photograph these buildings.

Note

Discovered this week, quite by chance, that Albert Hulme has a vegetable stall on Moston Market - known affectionately as the "MIP". The building the market is housed in used to be a cinema called Moston Imperial Palace, hence the "MIP". Must try and have a word with Mr. Hulme.

3.5F camera.

Agfapan 100 (80 ASA) Rodinal 1:60. 10 mins at 68°F.

<span class="wrapper"><p>Work Prints</p> <p>Negative c7/1/4/4</p> <p>Work Print c7/3/4/4</p> <p>CH : 550 mm</p> <p>Exposure : F22 at 25s</p> <p>Paper : Gr2 (G)</p> <p>Comments : Looking down the track towards Albert Hulme's. Slight trimming of the negative to eliminate some of shadowy foreground, otherwise more or less a straight print.</p> <p>Negative c7/1/4/7</p> <p>Work Print c7/3/4/7</p> <p>CH : 550 mm</p> <p>Exposure : F22 at 26s</p> <p>Paper : Gr2 (G)</p> <p>Comments : Albert Hulme's again. The light on the furrowed field attracted me to this, but I'm not too sure it's worked, the camera position is possibly too low. The negative has been cropped (foreground and right-hand side). I think I would have been better leaving it alone.</p> <p>Negative c7/1/4/9</p> <p>Work Print c7/3/4/9</p> <p>CH : 525 mm</p> <p>Exposure : F22 at 18s</p> <p>Paper : Gr2 (G)</p> <p>Comments : This turned out better than I had expected. I was principally drawn towards the strange pattern of the fields, particularly the bald black uncultivated patch, but the shed, house and radio mast have also helped balance the photograph. No manipulation of the print involved.</p></span>