Gourd & white mold
From a wet plate collodion negative on 5x7 inch glass. Shot using the Voigtlander Petzval lens, using a home-made Waterhouse stop. (No idea what aperture that ends up being - lets say f5.6!)
Collodion was Quinn's Negative, aged about 2 months. Exposure was 3.5 minutes.
This plate was made with the goal of making albumen prints of it, so it’s very contrasty and the highlight areas are quite dense.i hope this will work well with albumen. I haven’t done an albumen printing 18 months (I found the process bewildering and laborious, but I need to get over that) and now I feel compelled to try again. The prints are likely going to be much more beautiful than inkjet prints from a scan!
Gourd & white mold
From a wet plate collodion negative on 5x7 inch glass. Shot using the Voigtlander Petzval lens, using a home-made Waterhouse stop. (No idea what aperture that ends up being - lets say f5.6!)
Collodion was Quinn's Negative, aged about 2 months. Exposure was 3.5 minutes.
This plate was made with the goal of making albumen prints of it, so it’s very contrasty and the highlight areas are quite dense.i hope this will work well with albumen. I haven’t done an albumen printing 18 months (I found the process bewildering and laborious, but I need to get over that) and now I feel compelled to try again. The prints are likely going to be much more beautiful than inkjet prints from a scan!