Collodion - Wet Plate Images

[Jim Galli]

Mounted a "new to me" Voightlander Euryscop Portrait Series III No. 6 lens on my camera the other night. Here is a quick test plate I made in my garage.

One of my favorites! And a lovely portrait right out of the gate.

[paulbarden]

I had an especially busy day today, but I managed to squeeze in an hour before dinner to make a couple plates. So this is one of the two tintypes I made: a charming, simple portrait of a Pear. I also did an ambrotype of this with horizontal framing, which I will scan tomorrow. I like the look and contrast of ambrotypes so much better than work done on aluminum.
Made with my 4x5 Intrepid Camera and 1930s Kodak Anastigmat lens; 6 seconds exposure at f8. I love this little Anastigmat lens for wet plate work. Love it.

[hoffy]

I had an especially busy day today, but I managed to squeeze in an hour before dinner to make a couple plates. So this is one of the two tintypes I made: a charming, simple portrait of a Pear. I also did an ambrotype of this with horizontal framing, which I will scan tomorrow. I like the look and contrast of ambrotypes so much better than work done on aluminum.
Made with my 4x5 Intrepid Camera and 1930s Kodak Anastigmat lens; 6 seconds exposure at f8. I love this little Anastigmat lens for wet plate work. Love it.

Very nice. and very well handled. Giving me inspiration!

[edgately]

One of my favorites! And a lovely portrait right out of the gate.

Thank you Jim. It was a pleasure to shoot with. I also got to use a packard shutter for the first time with this lens and that was a treat as well.

[gphoto]

Nathaniel Rateliff
16x20 DIY Camera
500mm f/4.5 Goerz
Ambrotype

[Punker]

I know of at least one person who has made an ambrotype from my dry plates so I guess you can do it. I believe they underexposed as well probably by a stop or two, and my experience with how underexposed plates look means that you’re probably on the right path.

I think you may be referring to the image I made with one of your plates after stripping off an unsuccessful dry plate image. For this ambrotype I sprayed the collodion side of the plate with Rust-Oleum black spray lacquer.



I find with fresh Old Workhorse collodion (less than a month old) f/11, 1 second in bright sun is good for an ambrotype or tintype. In open shade it's f/8, 3 seconds. I've not yet shot a proper negative but most literature recommends 1.5-2x that amount. But I'd rather take Paul's word for it and go 2-3x exposure.

[ndg]

"Can You Spare Some Change?"



8" x 10" black acrylic
Quinn's Fast and Clear
18" Derogy Petzval
2 Speedotron strobes @ 4800 W/s each
Ilford Rapid Fixer
Liquitex Acrylic Polymer Varnish

[Corran]

Frogtown Creek

Shot this with my friend Kaleb today. Chamonix 45n1, 90mm:

[Tri Tran]

Devil's Ivy
10x10 Tintype
18in Hemagis

[goamules]

5x6 in honor of our WWI Doughboys, who were about to go home 100 years ago, if they could make it one more month. Many did not. The battle that resulted in the most U.S. military deaths was the Meuse-Argonne Offensive (September 26 to November 11, 1918) where 26,277 American soldiers were killed.