Here is a lake shot I took today with the Hasselblad 500cm. Film was Kodak Portra 400. This scan was wet mounted on the Epson V850 and scanned at 1600 ppi. I missed a small bubble in the top right-hand corner of the photo. This was taken at Wachusett’s Reservoir. Link to larger image below:
There’s nothing overly impressive about this test image of the lake, but it does show how organically film renders reflections in water. This shot was taken at Wachusett Reservoir.
A Brief History
Construction of the Wachusett Reservoir began in 1897 to meet the growing water demands of the Boston metropolitan area. By 1905, the project was completed, resulting in the flooding of over 4,000 acres and the displacement of communities, including significant portions of West Boylston. Notably, approximately 500 buildings were demolished, and around 4,000 graves were relocated to accommodate the reservoir’s creation .wbhistory.org+5YouTube+5Wikipedia+5Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area+1westboylstonwater.org+1
The Wachusett Dam, integral to the reservoir, was an engineering marvel of its time. Upon completion, it was the largest gravity dam globally and created the world’s largest public water supply reservoir.