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No3 Pit Bottom South.
No3 Pit Bottom South.
Photo: Graham Carr
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Item #: 9433
This colour shot is of the No3 pit bottom South.
Notice the brand new roll of conveyor belt probably destined for one of the newly developed
faces.

Comment by: Roland Pinter on 30th April 2009 at 16:58

These photos are technically superb,notice how the flourescent ligts are pure white and not giving off a horrible lime green cast that you would normally see.What film and filtration did you use for this shot Graham.

Comment by: Graham Carr. on 2nd May 2009 at 17:10

Thanks for your comments Roland,i'm pleased you are enjoying
the photos.The film this shot was taken on was Fujichrome 400 slide,camera Nikon FM,fltration was FLW magenta filter to convert daylight balanced film to suit the kelvin temp of the flourescent lights,exposure was 12 secs @ f11.Various filters where used underground as there where tungsten,mercury vapour and sodium lamps as well as flourescent,so every light source emits a different K temp.You also obviously had to allow extra exposure time due to using a filter,this particular one was around 2 stops.

Comment by: Terence Richardson on 2nd September 2012 at 10:34

I was the loco driver that day,tsremember it even now,that belt was for the bunker,god it was cold that day.That,s where i parked it after comming from WMA,after all these years i still miss it

Comment by: Fred Mason on 24th April 2022 at 15:31

I was a loco driver too, I've always missed it, great times then...

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