Me too. And my darkroom closes for the summer in two weeks....I'm still pondering what image to use. No big rush.
Anyway, finally, got all my postcards printed, addressed, and written. I hope to get to the Post Office tomorrow, then they'll be on their way.
Today I got @Ajven 's "Tree Shadow", well caught and well printed, and I like the paper - I need to go back to FB papers, I think I've been missing out.
I've been debating with myself about the composition, whether or not the top of the warehouse is too distracting and should have been left out - but that might have led to a very abstract image. With this composition we get to realize that it's a real building, and that also adds to the image.
Thank you for sharing!
Came back today from a couple of days away to find one from Doug (AnselM), with a circular USA Forever 2020 stamp, the like of which I've not seen before. Beautiful, simple square! I'm very interested in its two ply construction, too. I'd thought of trying something like that to make my cards more robust (and maybe print more effectively on the reverse!), but was worried it might come apart. This looks great.Received the first card of PCX 65, "Leaves" by AnselMortensen. A nice square Hasselblad shot of a group of leaves, very nicely isolated from the background. Good exposure and composition. And almost as interesting as the photo is the collection of stamps on the front: an Apollo 8, a 3 cent American Turners, a 6 cent Leif Erickson, and a 6 cent Air Mail stamp, plus a few others. You must have dug deep in the drawer to find these!
straight onto a Postcard base
If you get Ilford paper, make sure it's the "Portfolio" paper. That paper is as stiff as the post card paper used to be. I made the mistake of getting the other kind of 4x6 paper. In my opinion, it's not strong enough to go as postcards.My first card arrived yesterday - Leaves from @AnselMortensen . The print has an interesting look. Can you explain the "offset printing" part?
Ilford no longer makes postcard paper, although they do still sell boxes of 4x6 paper. So my postcard paper is dwindling.
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