The
Birdie Boutique, an old Craftsman Style bungalow turned into a bird pet
store, in Durham, North Carolina. When first moving to Durham, my
fiancée mistook the (now removed) sign on the front saying "Birdie
Boutique" to read "Bridal Boutique". She insisted on going in - and was
shocked to discover parrots, not bridal supplies! The photo was taken in December of 2015 with a Minolta X-570 35 mm SLR equipped with a 135 mm f/2.8 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.