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Irish Rail 079 at Sligo-April 2000; Seeing Square (pardon the dodgy crop).

I exposed this view of Irish Rail 071 class diesel number 079 at Sligo using my Rolleiflex Model T loaded with Fuji Neopan 400.

I processed the film at the Gallery of Photography at Meetinghouse Square in Dublin using Agfa Rodinal Special concentrated liquid developer.

Final processing was accomplished digitally using Lightroom.

The Rollei allowed me to compose using a square field rather than a more common rectangular field. I've found that the square changes the way I see, and thus produces different compositions. Someone might ask, 'couldn't you just crop it?'. You could, yes, but that's not my point.
The Rollei allowed me to compose using a square field rather than a more common rectangular field. I’ve found that the square changes the way I see, and thus produces different compositions. Someone might ask, ‘couldn’t you just crop it?’. You could, yes, but that’s not my point. ‘So what about the lead-in version? That’s cropped, isn’t it?’ Yes, but not by choice! That’s an effect of the software/internet/webhosts.

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