Almost six month long exposure with a beer can pinhole camera

[photobymike]

All the money we invest in camera stuff sometimes stifles the creativity instinct. Great picture !! Beer cans? What brand and did you drink them all yourself? We need to see more of the creative juices flowin here on the LF

[gliderbee]

If you developed that you'd get a black sheet of paper.

Shouldn't it be fixed?

[Matt_Bigwood]

Thanks for all the comments.

I think if I tried to fix it the sheet of paper would go white. Because the exposure is so long the paper has lost a lot of its sensitivity and can be viewed indoors for a short period of time without too much degradation.

[Greg Miller]

Very cool. Did you use the Kentmere Fine Lustre paper?

[Roger Cole]

Thanks for all the comments.

I think if I tried to fix it the sheet of paper would go white. Because the exposure is so long the paper has lost a lot of its sensitivity and can be viewed indoors for a short period of time without too much degradation.

I really think you could fix it just fine. Why would it go white?

[Matt_Bigwood]

Very cool. Did you use the Kentmere Fine Lustre paper?

Yes, Resin Coated Fine Lustre.

[jnantz]

I really think you could fix it just fine. Why would it go white?

hi roger

it goes white because it isn't a chemical reaction but a chemical stain.
nicéphore niépce made things like this, he called them "retina prints" ...
scanning / xeroxing &c, even leaving it in a dark drawer out of any light
causes some of these images to turn grey ...
i noticed that hand coated paper made with bottled emulsion ( like liquid light ) tends to retain the image the longest
and the colors from the paper are beautiful.

great stuff matt !

- john