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[Vaughn]

Alders, Houda Point
Humboldt County, CA
8x10 Platinum/palladium print

Image from a poorly scanned print

[monkeymon]

thats very good

[PViapiano]

Nice image! It probably is just the reproduction on the computer screen, but it seems to be printed a little heavy -- that desert light just seems to be a bit, well, lighter than I am seeing in your image. Perhaps what it does need is to be printed in platinum -- it will be a nice image to work with! You have a couple (very good) palladium images on the site (Grand Canyon, and perhaps Joshua Tree) that do have the feel of the desert light to them.

Vaughn

Vaughn...

Yes, I printed it a bit heavy on purpose...I felt it was too sunny/contrasty to make a literal image. I really dislike photographing in mid-day sunlight...

[Vaughn]

thats very good

Thanks! I was in the same area yesterday -- getting my 3 12-yr old boys out the house and onto the beach. Saw several possible images, not too dissimilar to the alders on Houda Point. Things are a bit crazy right now, but I'll have to hail the 8x10 down there to the beach soon! I did snap a couple with my tiny camera (Rolleiflex) there yesterday as the heavy fog was coming in.

Vaughn

PV -- it is your image...you know best. Your work is very good.

[Kerik Kouklis]

Two more 14"x17" collodion/gum/platinum prints:

[Steve M Hostetter]

Kerik,, really incredible

[Vaughn]

Kerik,, really incredible

Agreed!!!

[PViapiano]

Beautiful, Kerik...!

[ugodap]

(i hope it fits here)
After several months reading about it I have finally made some real steps in learning Wet collodion proces. This is a first plate that I made at Mr. Quinn Jacobson workshop in Germany.

Best regards,
Ugo.

[Emil Schildt]

(i hope it fits here)
After several months reading about it I have finally made some real steps in learning Wet collodion proces. This is a first plate that I made at Mr. Quinn Jacobson workshop in Germany.

Best regards,
Ugo.

You're MY student!! DON*T go and learn techniques I can't do....

It's not fair!!

(But the result is great, he added whispering....)