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Equinox Solargraphy

This is the best thread to see come back out of slumber.

I like the unicolor one, too. Followed by last December's on the adorama RC paper.
 
Hello Ned,
Thanks for sharing all the steps of these works, I was curious how to do similar solargraphy works.
Beautiful results and thanks for sharing.
 
Interesting project. I am not sure I have the drive to do it myself. Thank you.
 
21 December 2021 through 20 June 2022 Solstice to Solstice
One corner of the paper had popped free from the paper holder and curled in, and I thought it might be ruined, but it was fine. It's kind of amazing how different the colors can be even using the same kinds of photopaper. This was the unicolor paper again. I guess every 6 months has it's own temperature and humidity, rain and sun...

 
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When I brought this one in, I thought I'd made a mistake and installed it backwards... but now I remember doing that on purpose to get a little different view. This is 21 December 2022 through 20 June 2023.

 
This reminds me of just hiking into the woods and sitting down to silently listen and watch. Something, you never know what, will happen.

Congratulations on your ingenuity and persistence.
 
Thanks Ron.

After these years out in the yard, the paint on the can is starting to fail and there is some rust.

Maybe I'll paint it at some point.

June 21 - December 21, 2023
 
Now this is a completely different perspective from what i have seen before on the interwebs. I am eager to see more, are you still in, NedL?
 
Synthon said:
Now this is a completely different perspective from what i have seen before on the interwebs. I am eager to see more, are you still in, NedL?
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Hi Synthon... just now seeing your message. Yes I'm still around!

I was out of town at the Summer solstice, so I did not change the paper. In a couple weeks, it will have a full year, and I'll change it then!
 
Update winter solstice 2024:

I just changed out the paper. This time was a little different... there was about 1/4 cup of water inside. It wasn't touching the paper, but everything inside was very damp. I'll let it dry and then flatten it before scanning .... will post in the next couple days.

Two things happened. The drain hole rusted, and was partly clogged by the rust. The bottom is dented from various animals jumping on it over the years, and the drain hole was not at the lowest point. The foam covering the drain hole was hard but I don't think that affected drainage. I cleaned it and tried to un-dent the can and replaced the foam, but the whole can is starting to rust on the outside and probably won't last much longer unless I paint it. We'll see. Its had a pretty good run for something that only took a couple hours to set up. I kind of want to try this type of solargraph without the paper being curved... so maybe I'll replace it with something new.
 
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This is a full year, Winter solstice 2023 to Winter solstice 2024.
Especially compared to that last clean one, this shows what happens when water gets in and the paper gets damp. I still think it looks interesting... these are always a surprise.

 
Very interesting image indeed. No apparent turkey intervention this time!
Just looked at the map again. What a cool project!
 

I really must give this a go.
 

That's beautiful, nice to read from you!
Yes when water gets inside, things can get very interesting. Really gives the images a lot of character.
 
21 December 2024 through 20 June 2025. Paper was damp again and there was a little water in the bottom.... might need to work on the "drain"... but the can is dented and rusting pretty badly so I'm not sure how much longer it will last. Still fun to open it up and see what's in there. Unicolor positive paper.

 
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