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Mountain Range photogram

I've been playing around with photograms and cyanotypes lately, trying to create a sense of depth and form by moving bits of craft paper around the frame while I expose the sheet under the sunlight. (which has been mighty rare these days)
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Location
Leamington, ON
Equipment Used
none
Exposure
1-6 minutes
Paper & Developer
Traditional Cyanotype on Bienfang 140lb art paper
akfotog
jnanian said:
this is wonderful, conceptually and i bet it looks amazing in person ! thanks for posting this :smile: john
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+1, that looks awesome!
 
eddie
This is great. I'm a big fan of using photographic materials to make images only the mind can conjure up.
 
Toffle
Thank you very much, folks. I really appreciate your comments. I've been kind of binging on they cyanotypes lately, but they are just so darned fun. :smile: I've been having problems with images fading in or after the rinse stage. I did one yesterday that turned out like this fresh out of the bath, but faded to a ghost of an image by the time the paper had dried. I think I just need to give a LOT more exposure. I had no problems with the Mike Ware recipe I tried a few years ago, but this is the traditional formula from Formulary, which is a lot slower. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. Cheers, Tom
 
akfotog
Toffle said:
Thank you very much, folks. I really appreciate your comments. I've been kind of binging on they cyanotypes lately, but they are just so darned fun. :smile: I've been having problems with images fading in or after the rinse stage. I did one yesterday that turned out like this fresh out of the bath, but faded to a ghost of an image by the time the paper had dried. I think I just need to give a LOT more exposure. I had no problems with the Mike Ware recipe I tried a few years ago, but this is the traditional formula from Formulary, which is a lot slower. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. Cheers, Tom
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Mine have been kind of hit and miss as well Tom. A little better now with different paper, a good saturation of chemistry, and a little added vinegar to the bath. Still can't get them to come out looking like yours though ;-)
 
DavidBrunell
jnanian said:
this is wonderful, conceptually and i bet it looks amazing in person ! thanks for posting this :smile: john
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These do look amazing in person! I really dig the inclusion of brush strokes as part of the finished work
 
Thomas Bertilsson
Tom, this really rocks my boat. Such an elegant and clutter free piece; it's very relaxing to look at.
 

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