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Trying a new process using used hypo-fixer. This should contain silver and I have been working many experiments to see if i can release that again for some type of VanDyke print. Adding it direct will result in fainter blue. Finally tried following:
- a few ml of used fixer
- add some Copper Sulfate (not much)
- wait till it has reacted (it will become brown or dark)
- add same volume of 25gr/100ml concentration Ferric ammonium citrate (same as used for Cyanotype.
Paint on paper or linen
- let dry for short time
Expose in UV or Sun (about same time as normal cyanotype.
- The paper will have before exposing almost white / light green color
- after 3 minutes it will turn yello
- after 10-50 minutes it will become coffee with milk color.
Contrast seems to have more gradations (see the middle grass halm)
Development:
- I rinsed it in water with a drop of vinager (pH of my water is 8 so i have to bring it down slightly)
- for this print i added some Potassium ferricyanide which changes the color from brown to mor blue especially on the borders.
- Dry the print as normal.
I had some people request before/after images, so here you go.
Left Image: 022/365 Track Star Tommy
Camera Info: Canon 7D, Sigma 17-70@23mm, ƒ11.0, 1/60s, ISO 100
Strobist Info: See Setup Shot Here
Canon 430EXII camera left and directly in front of subject about 3 feet high fired into shoot through umbrella about 3 feet away from subject, Canon 430EXII camera left and on back side of subject about 8 feet high fired bare/no diffuser, Canon 430EXII camera right and directly to the side of subject about 4 feet high fired into reflective black back umbrella about 6 feet away from subject . Flashes were triggered with Interfit Strobies.
Right Image: 117/365 Billy Baller
Camera Info:
Canon 7D, Sigma DC 17-70mm 1:2.8-4 Macro HSM @17mm, f/5.6, 1/50s, ISO 100
Strobist Info: See setup shot here.
-Canon 430EXII's Camera Left and in front of subject, 1/2 Power, @24mm zoom, about 5 feet high, 4 feet away from subject inside 40 inch Wescott softbox.
-Canon 430EXII Camera right and behind subject, 1/4 at 105mm Zoom fired bare, 7 feet high and 10 feet away from subject, fired bare.
-Canon 430EXII Camera left and behind subject, 1/4 at 105mm Zoom fired bare, 7 feet high and 10 feet away from subject, fired bare.
-Flashes triggered with Interfit Strobies.
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Centon DF300
Helios M44-2 58mm f2 with MD adapter.
Kodak Ektachrome SE duplicating film iso 12.
SO-366
Long expired.
Cross processed in C41 chemicals.
Bluecoat Chambers
Liverpool
Merseyside.
Strength: the motion of the egg whites is visually interesting
Problem/Solution: picture is grainy, add more light and reduce ISO
Problem/Solution: the buttons on her shirt are not centered, have her move slightly
Problem/Solution: too much space on the left, crop
Strength: the egg is well centered
I use Photomatix alot but in some situations it just doesn't work. In this comparison you can see how photomatix has introduced a ton of noise (view at max size). To get what I wanted I brought all 5 exposures into Photoshop and painted in all the correct exposures with layer masks. It was a long process but it got me the results I wanted. I just discovered that the same people that make Photomatix have a Lightroom plugin called Merge to 32-bit HDR Plug-in for Lightroom. You export your exposures into one super tiff file with all the info from all 5 exposures. Then it reimports the tiff back into Lightroom where you make all your adjustments in raw. You can see that there is almost no difference between the layered Photoshop file and the Merge to 32 bit HDR. The areas you will see a difference are in the lanterns and Pinocchio which were burned down in Photoshop. All adjustments to the 32 bit HDR where only made with sliders in Lightroom. You can download a free trial at hdrsoft.com/download.html and to purchase is only $29.
Built for Andromeda's Gates on Eurobricks. I went with a function over form mentality for this build, as the processing plant actually works. You can fill the hopper, then open the trapdoor to let gold down onto the conveyor belt, which in turn is used to fill the dump truck. See it in action here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM0qFY4JgKE
See more pictures here: www.brickbuilt.org/?p=1998
sharing and caring... If you are curious, or think the process of these recent sketches can help your own path, i wrote a detailed blog about the 'how' at akirabeard.com/blog. My painting isn't much different than my drawing, i feel its just an issue of medium and color difference. I will post that in the future. enjoy!!
I had a little fun with this image. I liked the serendipity of the moment. I just happened to reach a spot on an overpass when I spotted this man crossing the tracks. I had little time to react and got just this one shot off zooming quickly out.
I wanted to play along. Here is my contribution to the 'Our first attempts all kinda look like this' group. Trying to learn the pros and cons of Sunflow as a raytracer within Processing (Thanks to Mark at Hipstersinc for the library). Here I am exhibiting a complete lack of control over the clipping plane.
And sure, its cliché to do jumbled-boxes-with-ray-tracer, but its just sooo damn sexy, how could I not!
One day, I will get back to Sunflow, but gonna wait a bit longer.