Mayfield Garden - Wet plate

Somebody took time off to have fun today.

7x17 huh! wondering when you were going to get there with the wet plate....nice.

7 x 17!

Are you and Monty training together ?

Monty is the Master (or is it Monsta?), I am but a mere padiwan.

Nice one Matt!
Where did you set up?
I've wanted to take a plate of the dovecote.....
(here's one of the dovecote when I was shooting 4X10s)
http://www.schroederworks.com/Pics/Mayfield_Dovecote.jpg

thanks scott, mike, vic. the dovecote was begging for a 12x20 plate, but I ran out of time and had to head out.
I did do one 12x20 plate, had a really strange almost brain like pattern happen to part of it when I varnished it this afternoon though. Can't figure out what caused it.

I got set up right there in the parking lot, given how gorgeous the weather is, I didn't have to worry about needing any shade.
I'm giving Mark Hall back his darkbox tomorrow. SO I really need to get on building my own, its gonna kill me not being able to go out shooting wet plate.

There's a huge difference between Matt's wet plate WORK and mine--he's actually working!!! It's been so long since I've done any whatever I knew is in the wind.

Great image Matt. Wish we could get the beast's out together.

PM Prifti. He made a killer portable darkroom with two all terrain wheels so he can haul it from place to place easily without being tied to the truck. I know he would email you some pics as long as you don't catch him on one of lhis ornery days, which is about 1 in 7.

later,

keep pourin' for the both of us

Monty