I stepped quite close to the creature made of stone as I went by
As I passed, the creature winked at me with his great stony eye.
He gave a little, merry laugh - which wrinkled up his nose,
"You're a fellow who is wise and good," said he,
"But I venture to suppose
You did not believe in faeries, sprites,
Or folk like me before today."
I told the stone face he was right
Before I went along on my way.
But as I took a step or two away from that great stone,
I heard the hard face laugh again, to say
"You'll tell this story when you get back home.
You'll tell this story to your little girls
With golden hair so bright,
and a little boy, whom trains do delight,
You'll tell them of this faerie flight!"
The photo was taken in
September of 2018 with a Minolta X-700 35 mm SLR equipped with a 50 mm f/1.7 Minolta MD lens
on Ilford FP4+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a
Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 50 mm f/2.8 Schneider Componon-S lens on Ilford
Multigrade FB Classic Double Weight Fiber Base silver gelatin photo
paper. Processing was done archivally using Kodak chemistry, with a
final toning with Kodak Rapid Selenium Toner, treated with hypo clearing
agent, and washed in an archival washer.
All aspects of this print were handled in an authentic, pre-digital manner. Archival processing will ensure the maximum life span for this print.
This print (1/25) on 8” x 10” paper is available for purchase, mounted or unmounted. Please
contact me if interested. Thank You.