City Lights

This shot of my town's water tower was taken when it was nearly pitch black. But the long 2-minute exposure picked up the glow from the lights of my town behind it and an oil pumping facility just off the right edge of the frame really lit up the water tower itself.

Camera: Minolta X-370 No. 2
Lens: Soligor MC C/D Zoom + Macro 35-140mm, f/3.8, @75mm
Film: Fuji Film Fujicolor 200 (expired on 07/2010)
Shooting Program: Manual
Aperture: f/8
Shutter Speed: “B” (bulb) 2 minutes
Date: June 3rd, 2020, 10.13 - 10.15 p.m.
Location: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A.

Developing Chemicals: Unicolor C-41
Water pre-soak: 1 minute at 102 degrees
Developer: 3 mins. and 30 secs. at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes (to keep chemicals clean)
Blix: 6 ½ minutes at 102 degrees
Water rinse: 2 minutes at approx. 100 degrees
Stabilizer: 1 minute at room temperature
Water rinse: 2 minutes
Kodak Photo-Flo 200: 1 minute

Minolta X-370-2 Fuji 200 June 2020 22ef