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[vdonovan]

8x10 direct positive portrait of Latin Percussion legend Pete Escovedo, photographed backstage at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland, CA.

Camera: Svedovsky 8x10
Lens: Fujinon 300/5.6
Lighting: Strobe (4k watts!)
Shot on: Ilford Multigrade RC Enlarging paper
Process: Foma Sepia Reversal: Ilford PQ Universal 1:5 (2 minutes), Foma Sepia Toner 1:9 (1 minute), Foma Toner Bleach 1:9 (3 minutes)

[hendrik faure]

again problems in posting pictures from dropbox, please feedback if this works, thank you


copperplate photogravure ca 24x30cm, asphalt aquatinta, somerset paper, gamblin inks a la poupee,
from 8x10 fomapan neg, Rodenstock Imagon.

[David Schaller]

again problems in posting pictures from dropbox, please feedback if this works, thank you


copperplate photogravure ca 24x30cm, asphalt aquatinta, somerset paper, gamblin inks a la poupee,
from 8x10 fomapan neg, Rodenstock Imagon.

I'm not seeing it.

[paulbarden]

New wet plate collodion (on glass) negative: Aristolochia elegans seed pods. 8X10 inch plate, shot with the Deardorff and my 12" Kodak Ektar lens.

[bob carnie]

New wet plate collodion (on glass) negative: Aristolochia elegans seed pods. 8X10 inch plate, shot with the Deardorff and my 12" Kodak Ektar lens.

Wow - beautiful Paul, Negative to scan or did you make a print?

[paulbarden]

Wow - beautiful Paul, Negative to scan or did you make a print?

Thank you Bob!
This is a scan of the neg - the contrast is too low to make an ideal silver gelatin print, so I dealt with the contrast problem in Lightroom.

[bob carnie]

Thank you Bob!
This is a scan of the neg - the contrast is too low to make an ideal silver gelatin print, so I dealt with the contrast problem in Lightroom.

Your wet plate work is above the average Paul, clean plates every time it seems and your lighting on portraits, (last one you loaded up here somewhere) was outstanding.
I think you have hit a sweet spot where you don't need to rely on the manufactured goods... Have you figured out how to make a negative that can print good on Palladium or Gum over?

[bob carnie]

You should look into the Lonsdale call for submissions, your work fits right down the alley for that, email me and I will send you the links... bob@alternativephotoservices.com

[bob carnie]

Just added a larger plate burner to my darkroom, looking forward to balancing it in and being able to make full sheet 22 x30 inch alt prints

[bob carnie]

This is new/old work, Basically solarized black and white table top using a twin lens 4 x5 old camera designed for passports . The film then scanned and I made three enlarged negatives, one for the palladium base, another for the blue shadows and yellow highlights.

I am open to comments , negative or positive as this is new versions of some old work, and I do have a thick skin so fire away.