For the "historically correct", wet plate and flashpowder were different eras...
Steve K
For the "historically correct", wet plate and flashpowder were different eras...
Steve K
As long as you are getting crazy, try 800 mesh Aluminum and ammonium perchlorate. This is the stuff, when diluted with rubber that goes into sub launched ballistic missiles. All you need is a spark. The shock wave might tip over your camera and give your subject a nice tan.
Just get a flash holder, put 1 25B bulb in the holder and super glue another half dozen to the igniter bulb, you will be seeing spots for days.
By the way, I was reading in an old Pop Mechanics photo book, supposedly you're to ask your subjects what color spots the see after a flash shot. If white they didn't blink, if red that means they had their eyes closed . I've got to try that sometime.
First of all, don't be surprised if you get a visit from the FBI after ordering such chemicals. I'm not kidding whatsoever. The guy down the block they called on a few years ago was in fact making bombs in his basement, and I don't care if he's locked up in the nuthouse or a Fed Pen, as long as he never gets out. Second, in this State at least, anyone in their right mind would instantly call 911. Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fire damage, along with substantial loss of life, has occurred from less deliberate mistakes than something like this. All it takes is a little dry grass and windy conditions exactly like what is happening right now to create a catastrophe. Over 200 local fires had to be put out the last 4th of July just from firecrackers, which are themselves illegal. Model rocketeers have to join a club which fires from a bare beach toward the ocean.
If you want to know what it feels like to set yourself on fire, take up welding.
Ethan, I think the consensus is "Maybe not a good idea to try it...".
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