Collodion - Wet Plate Images

[Nine7Three]

Shot with my 1866 Voightlander f4 on 5x7 plate Self-portrait 10 sec exposure Pineapple 12sec exposure

[Andrew Plume]

GOOD WORK

CONGRATULATIONS

and do please post more

regards

Andrew

[AlexGard]

Paul, the flaws you point out don't bother me at all. Had you not mentioned them, I wouldn't have noticed and just taken them as part of the image. I like it very much either way; what size is this?

Here's one of mine, from yesterday. I was also intending to make a negative and this was the first test shot to determine exposure. Came out underexposed, so I overdeveloped it, but I quite liked it as it was, so I varnished it and painted the backside black. Ca. 3.5x4.5", 2 minutes @ f/11.

Haven't checked in here in a while, glad I'm not too far behind this milestone. Great to hear you are getting into WPC Do you ever intend on taking it outdoors?

They're looking great and very clean pouring and development. Cant wait to see more from you. Test strips might save you a lot of trouble trying to hone in correct exposure in future.

[koraks]

Great to hear from you Alex! I couldn't help but follow suit of your endeavors thanks for the compliments. With flash, I can rely on predictable exposure, but for daylight I may experiment a bit more with test strips, although currently I just do a test plate and then work from there; seems to be good enough for the moment.
I would very much like to take it outdoors, but it won't be feasible in the foreseeable future (I don't own a car), so I'm going to stick with still life and portraiture for now.

[AlexGard]

Will be lots of fun with your abstract and erotic intimate couples portraiture with shadow play etc. Keep up the fantastic work and going down that rabbit hole.



"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon"

[koraks]

Will be lots of fun with your abstract and erotic intimate couples portraiture with shadow play etc. Keep up the fantastic work and going down that rabbit hole.

You bet! No couples as of yet (or planned, for that matter), but I've already taken it into the direction of nudes. No, they're not porn and they're not intended as such, but I feel they don't fit with the interests and ethics of the user base of LFPF, so they're online elsewhere.

"There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge, and I knew we'd get into that rotten stuff pretty soon"

Ah, that quote has rarely been more appropriate in my life

[AlexGard]

I'd love to see them if you're willing or allowed to share them privately.

[AlexGard]

koraks I tried replying to your PM but it says your mailbox is full and you need to delete some messages

[paulbarden]

I mean to post this in the wet plate thread yesterday.
Glass negative made using Coffer's #7 collodion and neg developer, then intensified with a bleach/redevelop process. 5.5" Wide Field Ektar lens on the 8X10 Deardorff.

[AlexGard]

nice image paul, what do you do to scan a negative?