Tulips - May 9, 2018
Today I spent a couple hours experimenting with different combinations of Collodion + Developer, and learned a few things. Some combinations are definitely prone to inducing unwanted fogging of the blacks, of which I have seen too much lately. One combination turned out rather sweet: Coffer's #7 for negatives, with Anton Orlov's personal developer recipe. (The photo above)
Yes, the #7 for negatives also makes very detailed, rich positives (this is a tintype) as nice as any other combination I've seen. The worst collodion I worked with today was some New Guy I made up about a week ago; I couldn't get a good plate from it no matter what I tried. Ugh.
This plate was shot with my new 4X5 Intrepid and the 1920's Kodak Anastigmat 5.5" lens. 12 seconds exposure at f8.
Tulips - May 9, 2018
Today I spent a couple hours experimenting with different combinations of Collodion + Developer, and learned a few things. Some combinations are definitely prone to inducing unwanted fogging of the blacks, of which I have seen too much lately. One combination turned out rather sweet: Coffer's #7 for negatives, with Anton Orlov's personal developer recipe. (The photo above)
Yes, the #7 for negatives also makes very detailed, rich positives (this is a tintype) as nice as any other combination I've seen. The worst collodion I worked with today was some New Guy I made up about a week ago; I couldn't get a good plate from it no matter what I tried. Ugh.
This plate was shot with my new 4X5 Intrepid and the 1920's Kodak Anastigmat 5.5" lens. 12 seconds exposure at f8.