Fort Nelson Tunnel #1 (a)

I've always loved photographs that are about light and shadow. I wasn't expecting this opportunity so unfortunately no tripod and probably some camera shake at 1/30s even holding my breath. This is version (a). Version (b) has a +2 stop burn to the tunnel entrance area. Both have a dodge lower 1/3.
Location
Fort Nelson, Hampshire, UK (one of "Palmerston's Follies")
Equipment Used
Olympus OM4-Ti, OM Zuiko 24mm f2.8
Exposure
1/30s f2.8
Film & Developer
Kodak TMax 400; Xtol 1+1
Paper & Developer
Ilford MGIV 8”x10”, Tetenal Eukobrom
Lens Filter
None
Digital Post Processing Details
Some dust removal from print scan.
(optional) Preferred name for image credit on social media.
Dr Stephen Perry
Is this print for sale?
  1. Yes
This fort was completed in 1860 in response to fears of a French invasion. There is a vast network of forts around the UK. There are 27 around the Portsmouth area alone. None was ever used because the French suffered a resounding defeat in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870. The structure on the right of the tunnel is an ammunition conveyor. The tunnel decends steeply and continues for hundreds of yards. I took various pictures of gun emplacements which I will try to print in due course.
 

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Fri, 06 October 2017 2:22 PM
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