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[Vaughn]

Here is a 5x7 contact printed cyanotype. The monster growing in the park behind my condo.

You need goats on trampolines. Have you tried even closer to the monster -- sort of raking its whole side using a little swing on the 5x7?

[Erik Larsen]

Another Argyrotype from me




Isle of Bute, Scotland

Exposure
14th August 2020, 7:23pm
Chamonix 810V, Nikkor-M 450mm f/9
Ilford FP4+ 10x8 @ 64
2½” f/45, Lee 23a Light Red filter
23mm front rise
N-1 dev, Pyrocat HD 2:2:100, 8'24" 22ºC

Print
13th September 2020
Chemistry:
3ml Fotospeed Argyrotype Sensitizer with 1 drop let-down Tween 20, applied with Daler Rowney 60mm Hake Brush.
Paper:
Bergger Cot320 11x14", dried 45mins, 54%RH, 23ºC, then sandwiched in cut-down Crystal Clear envelope, with neg on top.
Exposure:
Lotus 12x16" contact-printing frame; full sun 8mins, 1:15pm
Wash:
5mins wash in distilled water/squeeze of lemon juice
5mins wash in tap water
3mins wash in hypo
1hr final soak (30mins each side) in tap water

Dried flat between boards for 48 hours

Digitisation: Nikon D800E/85PC-E tilt-shift (two-frame stitch)

I enjoy this one! I would have never thought of Scotland when viewing this, it looks quite like the desert areas close to my home in Colorado.

[DaveF]

Thanks for the comments guys: yes sometimes 10x8s come out rather differently than you might expect for the typical imagery of the location! I would probably have used a grad instead of a red filter (which had little effect!) but otherwise I like this, especially the tone, and will probably frame it. I also have colour version on Provia for a very different feel.

[Punker]

One of my first albumen prints from a 4x5 collodion negative.

[tgtaylor]

Good work Nick and I like the subject matter!

Here's my first albumin print from earlier this year:

From a 5x7 FP4+ negative printed in the sun on cot 160 paper. The albumin was made using ammonium chloride and the print was to toned to completion (~ 25 minutes) with gold chloride.

Thomas

[pau3]

One of my first albumen prints from a 4x5 collodion negative.

This is very nice, at all levels. Congratulations.

[Punker]

This is very nice, at all levels. Congratulations.

Thank you!

[richydicky]

Let me add my thanks! You've piqued my interest in this process. I guess here in the US, we would have to mix our own sensitizer. I'd be interested to know if anyone has done so.

I'm pretty sure Freestyle used to stock the Fotospeed Argyrotype but I have just checked and see that they appear to be clearing out all Fotospeed products which would be a shame as they produce some good materials. Maybe worth checking with Freestyle.

[arri]

Original taken with Voigtlander Collinear 132mm f/6.8 (made in 1913) Sheet film 4x5", Adox FX-39 II, Cyanotype on Hahnemuehle 425g/m²

[NHE]

8x10 Palladium print(with a few drops of platinum) of a rose bush in my yard. I used Delta 100 and a Nikkor M 450mm.