A thread for images made with dry plates

[Nodda Duma]

Thanks for sorting it out, Oren. Can you update the title to better reflect the intent of this thread to be for dry plate images?

[Tin Can]

yes will...but i can't say that around her...

lol

[Oren Grad]

Can you update the title to better reflect the intent of this thread to be for dry plate images?

Good idea, thanks for the nudge. I've renamed the thread and also added a moderator's note to your original post in hopes of minimizing any further confusion.

[Tin Can]

Good idea, thanks for the nudge. I've renamed the thread and also added a moderator's note to your original post in hopes of minimizing any further confusion.

I am still confused, as usual.

So we should post exposure tips, processing results and for ALL age Dry Plates and size here?

My latest just tested tip is: Try using a cheap plastic slotted spatula for moving plates in and out of trays. I tried it. It worked perfectly. No chance of a cut, finger caused frilling and no need for gloves.

[Randy]

Randy, I was struggling today trying to think of a way to get the plates out of the tray without using my fingers...good idea.

[Oren Grad]

So we should post exposure tips, processing results and for ALL age Dry Plates and size here?

If there's anything that's truly unique to plates smaller than 9x12/4x5, then it doesn't belong here. But most things that you might want to post will be broadly relevant.

That said, while a bit of back-and-forth to clarify technical specifications and procedure notes that have been posted is fine, if a discussion is carrying on for post after post about the technical issues and the picture has become more or less irrelevant, it should really go to Darkroom: Film. I think this tends to arise most often when people are showing work made with more exotic materials and processes where the methods aren't so well understood, such as paper negatives, some alt processes and now plates. But we'd like to try to keep the discussions that are primarily about materials and methods in the technical subforums and reserve the image-sharing threads for, well, image sharing.

If you would like to show a picture primarily for the purpose of pursuing a detailed discussion about technical issues that it poses for you, then best to post it in Darkroom: Film and explain clearly what the issues are and what information you're seeking.

[Tin Can]

Randy, I was struggling today trying to think of a way to get the plates out of the tray without using my fingers...good idea.

Now I need a new spatula for breakfast!

My Paterson trays have deep grooves and a little angle gets right under. I also tested in a tray with tiny ridges, that worked also. I did not try flat trays.

[Corran]

I was playing around with ideas and made this photograph by "contact printing" some feathers onto one of the plates, using my Nikon SB-800 flash set at 1/8 power about a foot over the plate:

[Tin Can]

I was playing around with ideas and made this photograph by "contact printing" some feathers onto one of the plates, using my Nikon SB-800 flash set at 1/8 power about a foot over the plate:

Nice!

[Nodda Duma]

Awesome!