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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Monty McCutchen View Post
    Nicely done.
    Thanks, Monty.

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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Here's a shot of the street in front of my house I captured a few days ago. Probably my best plate so far, as far as the technical aspects go, though the composition isn't my favorite.
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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Nice, Ethan. I think the composition and resulting image are very good.
    I've found that the minor plate/developer flaws will iron out over time as you get more efficient at this.
    It really forces you to pay attention to every step of the process.

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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    I went out Saturday looking for some country churches I missed, but they were all facing east and it was already afternoon. I settled on an abandoned grain elevator but kept overexposing. By the time I figured that out the clouds were rolling in and it was getting dark. I went out again today. Big change! Yesterday it was 95 and I kept my chemicals on ice, today it was 58 and I was worried about them getting too cold. It was raining in most of the state so I went south to an area it wasn't. The wind was blowing pretty hard (~25mph) and that caused problems. I took a few shots with the 2D 8x10 and my Darlot wide angle Hemispherique. The first two shots were overexposed and this time I wised up and shot with shorter exposure. I started with 30s and ended up shooting 8s.

    Progress with 8x10 is slow. I do OK with pouring the plate but pouring on the developer is harder. I am getting better and not leaving islands now. Still, I'm not where I want to be yet. My usual workflow is to pour the plate inside my car over the folded down back seat (over big square of cardboard,) then walk to the back of the car where my hatchback is open and my dark box is with the sliver tank. Usually this works fine but today the strong wind had kicked up a lot of dust and it landed on my freshly poured plate. I'll have to remember to only work inside the dark box when it's windy. I keep getting close but still only sometimes make an image I'm really happy with.


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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Two23 View Post
    I went out Saturday looking for some country churches I missed, but they were all facing east and it was already afternoon. I settled on an abandoned grain elevator but kept overexposing. By the time I figured that out the clouds were rolling in and it was getting dark. I went out again today. Big change! Yesterday it was 95 and I kept my chemicals on ice, today it was 58 and I was worried about them getting too cold. It was raining in most of the state so I went south to an area it wasn't. The wind was blowing pretty hard (~25mph) and that caused problems. I took a few shots with the 2D 8x10 and my Darlot wide angle Hemispherique. The first two shots were overexposed and this time I wised up and shot with shorter exposure. I started with 30s and ended up shooting 8s.

    Progress with 8x10 is slow. I do OK with pouring the plate but pouring on the developer is harder. I am getting better and not leaving islands now. Still, I'm not where I want to be yet. My usual workflow is to pour the plate inside my car over the folded down back seat (over big square of cardboard,) then walk to the back of the car where my hatchback is open and my dark box is with the sliver tank. Usually this works fine but today the strong wind had kicked up a lot of dust and it landed on my freshly poured plate. I'll have to remember to only work inside the dark box when it's windy. I keep getting close but still only sometimes make an image I'm really happy with.


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    what developer are you using? my developer has a very low viscosity and never has any issues covering the whole plate.

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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Ethan View Post
    what developer are you using? my developer has a very low viscosity and never has any issues covering the whole plate.
    What developer are you using, Ethan?

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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    I use the B&S iron developer but dilute it a bit in hot weather.


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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Quote Originally Posted by Two23 View Post
    I use the B&S iron developer but dilute it a bit in hot weather.


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    Add more ethanol to improve surfactant qualities.

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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    Wet plate takes a while to master, more so than film because there's more of a hand-made aspect to it. Some problems can be corrected with specific advice, but a lot of it is improving both technique and consistency. I thing the silver baths take a while to break in properly too. People improve over time without ever figuring out exactly what they did to improve.

    Plates that are twice as big are twice as hard. At first.

    Working in the field is also twice as hard. At first.
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    Re: Wet Plate image sharing, August 2020

    I'm using a mixture of ferrous sulfate, acetic acid, and grain alcohol, in distilled water. I think its 100ml water, to 4g ferrous sulfate, 4ml grain alcohol, and 6ml acetic acid.

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