Yesterday was an interesting day weather wise for Indianapolis and surrounding areas. I was working with some friends when suddenly the sky opens up with a torrential downpour accompanied by strong wind gusts. We were done meeting around 1:00 PM in the afternoon. Even though it was still raining, I headed home grabbed my camera and ran to Crown Hill Cemetery, the 3rd largest in the United States and the final resting place for President Benjamin Harrison and other notable figures that made Indiana home. I thought the grey overcast skies, the wet roads, and the empty cemetery would allow me to take some neat photographs. I wasn’t worried about my camera getting wet but I did make sure that I the areas where water could get in were well protected. I also took my handheld meter just in case to make sure I had the right exposure values even though the built-in-meter was working. I wasn’t disappointed by my outing. Although the wind took out some trees and there were dead branches everywhere I was still able to get around without much trouble and the best part I had the cemetery all to myself and the best vantage points were empty with no tourists wandering into your carefully composed shot at the last minute. The photo you see above is that of the Gothic Chapel on the Cemetery grounds. Here are the technical details of the photo:
Camera Used: Canon Canonet QL17 GIII
Film: Fuji Neopan 400
Exposure: 1/30 sec @ F/16
Developer: Kodak HC110 at 68ºF for 10 minutes
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan 8000 at 2000 dpi, adjustments and final edits made in Lightroom and Photoshop.
For more information on
Crown Hill Cemetery please visit their website at http://www.crownhill.org
Other photos from that same shoot at Crown Hill Cemetery:
Last night around 80 hoosiers gathered at the 
