Noah

Nice !! Love the effects fro the pour

Very nice indeed!!

Very nice exposure. I looked at this tintype and your other work posted on Apug. Just make sure you rock your plate back and fourth good after your pour and setup, and before the silver bath, to prevent the flow lines (crappy lines) from forming on the plate. You can see the lines in the face of your portrait.

You can rock small plates on the lip of the collodion bottle and larger plates, like this one, on a sturdy surface like a work table at the pour off corner before plunging into the silver.

steve

Thanks guys! Steve-- I wonder if the crepey lines may be from this lot of aluminum plates because I always rock my plates and have tried rocking them like crazy, but the lines are still there. Also, the lines don't always form in the direction of the pour off corner. Sort of befuddling, but I'm still very much a beginner at wet plate, so it could be something I'm doing.

It is not the aluminum. I shoot on aluminum, homemade japanned plates and glass. I tend to get the lines on glass over the other two. So go figure.

Collodion is tricky, and you are using some pretty big plates, so you have a more difficult time getting the amount of collodion correct as well as the flow. It will come with practice, so just keep flowing plates. My biggest plate I flow is 1/2 plate, so kudos for you with the large format work

Here is a short youtube video showing Quin Jacobson flowing a plate. I do it more or less like this, but I tend to work outside in hot weather so my flow, rock and plunge times are shorter than his.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpzgIwSS4WM

Wet plate is awesome, keep it up. You are doing great, and well on your way.

steve

Beautiful image Barry.

Add a little alcohol and ether 50/50 mix to your collodion to thin it. It will get rid of those flow lines. Robert

Nice job Barry. I get these lines sometimes as well. Most often it seems when it is hot and the collodion is running thin.

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