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[Emil Schildt]

Very nice. The brush strokes below her shoulders are just right. They almost look like wings.

Jonathan

It makes sense: she's an angel...

[Vaughn]

...I poured wholesale the developer onto the print from a 1 liter beaker that came with my Corning laboratory warming plate and was amazed - no shocked - by the instantaneous appearance of a visually fully developed print in the tray! Truly a spectacle to behold...Thomas

That is how I develop my platinum prints -- always fun to see the image appear as I pour on the warm Potassium oxalate!

I went with this method because I was getting some bleeding of the platinum from the rebate into the image area when sliding the print into a tray of developer. With the developer hitting the center and moving outwards, I no longer have that problem.

I use a rod (Puddle Pusher), then finish up with a brush -- I like the combo.

Vaughn

[David Brunell]

"I use a rod (Puddle Pusher), then finish up with a brush -- I like the combo"

That is a good idea Vaughn.

[Vaughn]

Yeah -- it gets the solution spread quickly in the right size and shape, but without worrying too much about abrading the softened paper with the rod (I do about 4 passes with the rod).

[Emil Schildt]

I made two images with music as inspiration.Both based on old legends. Both involving the flute.

This is Undine.

Music: "Undine" by Cark Reiniche for flute and piano.

Bromoil print.

Pol 665 cropped to a square. Sinar Norma.



And this is Syrinx.

Music: "Syrinx" for flute solo by Claude Debussy.

Pol 665. Sinar Norma

[Corran]

Gandolfi, as a flutist and having played both of those pieces multiple times - bravo! I would love prints of these but I doubt I could afford it.

[Emil Schildt]

Gandolfi, as a flutist and having played both of those pieces multiple times - bravo! I would love prints of these but I doubt I could afford it.

Thanks Bryan. I'm a flautist my self.... and have played these often - just loved to play Rechnicke - almost as much as playing Nielsen....

These images are one of a kind.. that's how (my) bromoil(s) is/are..

Thanks again.

[Michael Mutmansky]

The decayed soft flesh around ripe walnuts may work very well. It stains hands a beautiful chocolate brown for weeks after they have been collecting fallen walnuts. I have been thinking of using it as pigment for carbon prints but its the wrong time here.

I've done some wool yarn dyeing with walnuts. It dyes wool to a nice yellow color, but not terribly dark somewhat surprisingly considering the level of stain shown on hands!


---Michael

[GSX4]

Here's one I did last night.... The gnome was given to me by a friend. Her father designed it for some customer many years back and gave her some of the prototypes. My friend painted it a little and then sent to me to do a wet plate. I added some other props that I had collected that seem to work well in wet plate.

Anyhow, the gnome was up to no good, and played his version of the game 'Operation' with obvious consequences! Shot with Chamonix 810 using a Hermagis lantern petzval. Shot full 8x10 on aluminum using Old Work Horse collodion. Exposure was 12 seconds @ F4 (lots of bellows)

[jcoldslabs]

^ Sinister!