The Navajo Trader-Wet Plate Collodion

AlanLichty

Moderator
Is the antique effect along the edges from the wet plate or post processing? Nice effect either way.

This does not look like a modern photograph at all and the results work very well for this image.
 

JimFox

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Staff member
Wow, this is super cool Joe! I really like the look of this, and there is something neat about you shooting it with such an old lens.

That's great you are an Artist-in-Residence there. I have mused about the possibility of doing that at one of the National Parks but haven't ever followed through on it.
 

Joe Kayne

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Is the antique effect along the edges from the wet plate or post processing? Nice effect either way.

This does not look like a modern photograph at all and the results work very well for this image.
The marks are anomalies from the actual silver... each plate is different ans you can never be sure how a plate will come out. Each one is an individual piece of art...
 

AlanLichty

Moderator
The marks are anomalies from the actual silver... each plate is different ans you can never be sure how a plate will come out. Each one is an individual piece of art...
Seriously olde time tech - I spent some quality time with dr. google to get a partial cure for my ignorance of the process. So you have to develop the plate on the spot after taking the shot?
 

Joe Kayne

Well-Known Member
Seriously olde time tech - I spent some quality time with dr. google to get a partial cure for my ignorance of the process. So you have to develop the plate on the spot after taking the shot?
Yes, you have about 15 minutes from sensitizing the plate with silver, exposing it, and developing it. I have a very small darkroom box on bring on site....
 

AlanLichty

Moderator
Seriously nice to know someone is still keeping this old flame still burning.

The result is a world apart from things we do with our newfangled digital gear :D
 
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