Post Your Collodion Carrots...

[Mark Sawyer]

Oh, stop complaining. You knew it was coming sooner or later...

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Both half-plate (4.5x5.5 inches) on black aluminum, with an A.T. Thompson & Co. 8-inch, f/4.6 Magic Lantern Petzval.

[Ramiro Elena]

lol somehow related to this?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettsphotos/4516688144/in/photostream/

[jmooney]

Very nice. I like the first one the best. Kind of has a Sudek air about it.

[goamules]

Yep, it's somehow related to carrots and the "Carrot Master". I figured I'd do some "snapshot" documentary work while Mark was composing. Halfplate collodion.

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[Mark Sawyer]

Very nice. I like the first one the best. Kind of has a Sudek air about it.

Any comparison to Sudek is a high compliment, though I'm sure he'd be whirling dervishly in his grave if he heard of it... :)


Yep, it's somehow related to carrots and the "Carrot Master". I figured I'd do some "snapshot" documentary work while Mark was composing. Halfplate collodion.


Carrots are never mastered. I've tried... :(

[Vaughn]

Mark, Mark, Mark...what are you doing?!

My dirty mind has already made a caption for the first one...

"Always make sure it is wet before inserting carrot"

[Mark Sawyer]

Mark, Mark, Mark...what are you doing?!

My dirty mind has already made a caption for the first one...

"Always make sure it is wet before inserting carrot"

eewww!!! :eek:

Kinda reminds me of the old Woody Allen line: "Sex is filthy and disgusting. And if it isn't, you're not doing it right..."

[Mark Sawyer]

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[Paul Kierstead]

Interesting work. Inspires me to take another shot at some produce, something I never really grow tired of. I suspect this particular thread may be limited in the number of people who share though :)

[Mark Sawyer]

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[Struan Gray]

I can't help noticing that your carrots always have wilted greens. Is this from the length of your exposures, the blinding power of your lighting, or a sad reflection on the decline of home grown produce in modern societies?

[goamules]

....or the intrinsic 100 degree Fahrenheit Tucson temperatures?

[Mark Sawyer]

I can't help noticing that your carrots always have wilted greens. Is this from the length of your exposures, the blinding power of your lighting, or a sad reflection on the decline of home grown produce in modern societies?

Usually it's the length of the exposures, often an hour or two stopped well-down or in subdued light on film, or on wet plates, it's sitting through the ordeal of composing, then pouring the plate before exposure. Carrot greens wilt quickly, and as Garrett pointed out, especially so in Tucson. I don't mind, it seems to fit...

[Mark Sawyer]

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[Struan Gray]

When Want and cold Neglect had chill'd thy soul,
Athirst for Death I see thee drench the bowl!
Thy corpse of many a livid hue
On the bare ground I view,
Whilst various passions all my mind engage;


Oh the humanity!

[Jim Galli]

Yep, it's somehow related to carrots and the "Carrot Master". I figured I'd do some "snapshot" documentary work while Mark was composing. Halfplate collodion.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4516688144_d934c4ec2b_o.png


I do believe we've got ourselves a case of 2D abuse right there.

[Mark Sawyer]

I do believe we've got ourselves a case of 2D abuse right there.

Nah, she just likes to do View Camera Yoga. It keeps her limber. :D

[Mark Sawyer]

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[Mark Sawyer]

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[Jim Galli]

You're having way too much fun.

[Mark Sawyer]

Yeah, but it's good clean fun.

Besides, carrots are good for your eyes...

:)

[Kirk Gittings]

Collodion carrots. Now that is a unique niche if I ever saw one.

[goamules]

Even more unique: Collodion Carrots with Petzvals.

[Mark Sawyer]

Collodion carrots. Now that is a unique niche if I ever saw one.

And thank God, hmm? :D

[Mark Sawyer]

Silver print from a collodion-on-glass half-plate negative:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/heartsandbonesglass.jpg

[Ben Syverson]

Mark, have you had an all-carrot show yet? I think I would travel to see it.

[Mark Sawyer]

I think most people would travel to avoid it! :o

[Oren Grad]

I think most people would travel to avoid it! :o

All carrots, no sticks - what is there to be afraid of? :)

[Ben Syverson]

I'm serious! These are lyrically beautiful. I will never look at a carrot the same way ever again.

[eddie]

some carrots.....i know they look like cigars but they are carrots

5x7 aluminum

[Mark Sawyer]

some carrots...

Ah, a man after my own heart! :)

[Robert Hughes]

?sdrawkcab sotohp eseht era yhW

[Mark Sawyer]

?sdrawkcab sotohp eseht era yhW

.sepyt nit er'yeht esuaceB

[Mark Sawyer]

Finally got a break from school, so I got to make a few plates yesterday... :)

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[Mark Sawyer]

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[Mark Sawyer]

Carrot and kohlrabi in the kitchen window...

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[goamules]

OK, let's introduce Mr. Bunny to your little carrot farm/studio....

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Larger (http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=4714820969&posted=1&size=large) on black
F3 Gasc & Charconnet Quick Acting Portrait - Halfplate, Natural indoor lighting.

[Ash]

Quite a phallic topic!

[Pete Watkins]

I keep wondering what the food's like in the secure hospitals in the colonies. Does the diet only consist of carrots and kohlrabi? I could always send some parsnips to vary the diet. :-))
Pete.

[Mark Sawyer]

Quite a phallic topic!

Quite the opposite, actually...

Sisters, 4x8, 9.5-inch Velostigmat (my first 8x10 lens):
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[Mark Sawyer]

a place to keep my ghosts...
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[Mark Sawyer]

What did one snowman say to the other snowman?

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[Mark Sawyer]

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[goamules]

Looking really cool.

[Mark Sawyer]

Thanks, Garrett!

Re-worked, 4 1/4 x 6 1/2:

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g139/Owen21k/Weight2.jpg

[goamules]

Much better exposure "catch" and the composition fits the format perfectly. I'd frame this one.

[Mark Sawyer]

Oh, no, not this crap again...

Well, at least it has a pixie! :)

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