Tree and cross, Christmas Eve

There are many lovely old churches in Halifax but I usually have to muster up the nerve to go anywhere near them. Something about lightning strikes, not that I believe in that sort of thing. This church is St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica, at the corner of Spring Garden Road and Barrington Street. It’s very, very beautiful and this lonely tree that lives beside it has always made me a little curious. So on Christmas Eve as I was walking home from work I decided to step foot on hallowed ground and see if I could get a decent angle without bursting into flames.

I like how the cross on the roof and the tree are somewhat aligned and reflect one another in a slightly abstract sense. And I managed to get a few shots without evoking any divine wrath. Or maybe that’s coming later.

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Camera
Mamiya 6 medium-format rangefinder
Lens
Mamiya 75mm
Filter
none
Film
Kodak 400TX exposed at 320
Developer
Rodinal 1+50
Development
Small tank for 16 and a half minutes at 20 degrees Celsius. Agitation was an initial five inversions, then two inversions every minute.
Date
December, 2009
Location
44.644239,-63.573438
Copyright
2009 Chris Jones. All rights reserved.