Antietam Creek

• nick mulder

• Dec 9, 2005

any clues as to how you got such a deep blue ?

i like it

 

• Thomas Bertilsson

• Dec 9, 2005

Beautiful composition!

 

• Jersey Vic

• Dec 10, 2005

That's a great match for the negative and scene. Excellent work. My complements.

 

• df cardwell

• Dec 10, 2005

One way to validate a horrible battlefield is to make serene images of it.

Wonderful. Thanks.

 

• roy

• Dec 10, 2005

I must say that this for me, is an acceptable blue as the cyanotype colour is not one that I relate to easily. Is this the traditional formula or the Mike Ware method ?

 

• cjarvis

• Dec 10, 2005

The secret to the deep blue is the paper. Lenox 100. I use the traditional cyanotype method and only single coat.

 

• John Bartley

• Dec 10, 2005

It's the 1860's and I'm leaning on my muzzleloader shivering while I stand watch. I'm there!

Excellent scene. Fabulous detail and sharpness. I'm reading about alt processes these days and this photo is a great motivation.

Thank you for posting this.

 

• CarlRadford

• Dec 10, 2005

Sadly the history is lost on me but I'll look it up - the beauty of the image isn't so I'll sit and admire a little longer!

 

• CarlRadford

• Dec 10, 2005

for those like me: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/antiet.htm

 

• fhovie

• Dec 13, 2005

Very Very Nice - and true about color from using the right paper - I get blues like this with Cranes Plainotype as well. Another trick is to rince in H2O2 after the water development - it will finish the oxidation very fast.