Noah, Brussels 2011

Noah, Brussels 2011

8x10 Clear Glass Ambrotype

A test plate with a new chemistry batch, and the collodion turned out a tad thick...hence the flow lines...slowly reducing that problem as I put more Ether/alcohol mix to dilute it...will take a few more plates to iron it out.

Oh...and I cracked the plate while drying it :-((
Location
Brussels, Belgium
Equipment Used
Black Art Camera, Dallmeyer 2B
Exposure
4 sec f3
Film & Developer
Wet Plate Collodion
Paper & Developer
Scan
Fantastic portrait, Kal!
 
I'm a great admirer of this work & love to master this technique but after a while they all look the same to me...
 
Thanks everyone.

K.hendrik, not sure if I agree...any portraiture in any media in a studio is likely to be pretty cliche...and with WPC it comes with it's own complexities.

You should learn it and show me the way! ;-)
 
I hope I did not unintentionally offended you :wink: It's difficult to write about judging 'things of beauty' . What I meant is this: at first when you see a WPC, it hits me like a rock: Dramatic lights, great tonality, the beauty of unsharpness, the unfinished nature as in 'a work in progress' . But when I see 10 in a row it looks like a 'trick' instead of something unique, I know this sounds like an oxymoron :smile:
I think you can show me a way :wink:
 

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