Collodion - Wet Plate Images

[John Fink Jr.]

Finally got to shoot

8x10, 360mm Thompson projection petzval, modified

Lea's formula collodion

Scan-141024-0001wwww by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

Very nice Sergei.

[John Fink Jr.]

Whole plate black glass ambrotype

Very nice Scott.

[SergeiR]

Very nice Sergei.

Thank you

[SergeiR]

got to test new lens

8x10 , Dallmeyer 3D wide open, portrait collodion from uvphotographics.com

My developer is too aggressive methinks, again.. Oh well.

Portrait by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

[jforney_54]

Red Rocks amphitheater

Black glass ambrotypes / 8x10's
f32 / 4:30 exposure / kcn

[John Fink Jr.]

Still very nice Sergei, I like the contrast in this portrait.
Congrats on the lens :-)

Nice work J. (Red Rocks)

[Ari]

Still very nice Sergei, I like the contrast in this portrait.
Congrats on the lens :-)

Nice work J. (Red Rocks)

I agree here with John, the contrast is nice to see.
I noticed there were several formulae of portrait collodion; which did you use?

[SergeiR]

Thanks, John

Ari - this one is premixed Collodion that Brian sells. Lithium portrait formula. He reports it to be faster than usual collodion and very VERY rapidly aging. I had other Lith version of his mixed and used within 8 hours of mix. It was indeed faster (above shot with doll). This premixed one was sitting on my shelf for 3 weeks. I might get to shoot more this week. Definitely going to shoot more on next one

[Ari]

Thanks, Sergei; I like the look of it quite a lot.

[alex from holland]

Henk
11x11" tintype
Dallmeyer 3A wide open at f4