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Sonatas IX-3 (Andante Affabile)

“Such Puddles of Sunshine! Just look and see!”
She notices everything with me -
“A pity we couldn’t bring our cats.
They love bathing in puddles of sun like that.”

She speaks with newfound energy,
I thought she’d skip till we came to this tree.
“It’s a stand of trees, really, Just look at the sun!”
I laugh at her playing; “And what has the Sun done?”,

Imperiously she demands, pouting in jest,
“Made a tree grow out of the light there, I guess.”
Her smile’s my reward for seeing things her way -
Holding hands through the sun puddles we move on through the day.

16603-1 scanThe photo was taken in September of 2020 with a Pentax 67 medium format SLR equipped with a 105 mm f/2.4 SMC Pentax 67 lens on Ilford HP5+ film. The negative was enlarged optically with a Beseler 23CIIXL enlarger and a 100 mm f/5.6 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.

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