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In camera lumen of the lovely folk art scarecrow at Bassetlaw Food Bank Community Allotment. The Ensign Ful Vue camera needed a 3 hour exposure time but worth the wait.
Beautiful modern sculpture celebrating local mining heritage. Cyanotype from acetate negative originally shot using an adapted Victorian Magic Lantern condenser lens
Lumen on new glossy photo paper 24 hour exposure in indirect sunlight. These are newly emerged spring oak leaves that let lots of light through to give nice detail.
This is my recent Solargraph of the Bassetlaw Food Bank scarecrow framed up in old reclaimed wood. You rarely see photos of how people print and present their photos on here so I thought I'd give it a go :-)
A rare departure from using botanicals only to create cyanotype or other photograms. I put metal objects on single coated premium inkjet paper using New Formula cyanotype solution. I also placed this on a windowsill with no direct sunlight.... the resulting shadows help create a 3D look.
I call this a 'Teapot Totem'. A humble piece of public art captured on a community allotment, charming and simple, the in camera cyanotype treatment seems to fit the subject well.
Rock Rose flower on 1950's (or older) 5x5cm Government Surplus darkroom paper. This may have been for ID or passport use? I love the simplicity and getting a result from such ancient paper even though brittle with age and starting to crack!
Delicate Jasmine flowers captured on 1950's or earlier 5x5cm Government Surplus darkroom paper, probably for passports? The paper has become brittle but reacts well to light. Used dry with 1 hour exposure in sunlight as this is not resin coated and does not like getting wet.
Simple photogram Lumen on really ancient Ilford darkroom paper. This could possibly have expired in the 1960's if not before! I found that in bright sunlight the exposure time for fine feathers and skeletal leaves was only about 10 minutes. These delicate subjects seem to work really well on the extremely expired paper!
8 month Solargraph taken on an island overlooking a lake. Sadly there is no detail in the view but the sun trails are good. The new lustre paper does not give the colours I love from long expired Kodabrome or Polycontrast papers!
Winter trees captured as an in camera cyanotype - short duration Solargraph. I call this a CYANOSOLARGRAPH because that is what it is. Taken on a freezing winter morning with the camera placed on frozen ground facing so the sun was just catching on the mirrored side of the viewfinder. I love the tones of the inverted image. It just shows that winter sun has some power on a clear day although 5 hours exposure was needed!
Anthotype made using juice from spinach, sow thistle and grass coated onto watercolour paper. Exposed for 3 days in gentle sunlight. I tried to create the feel of a meadow with different dried leaves and flowers.
Turmeric Anthotype exposed for 10 days indoors on a window sill with continuous overcast days. It looked like the light hadn't done much until I took the leaves off. As soon as I fixed it with Borax Substitute solution the colours just popped! I am so glad I didn't lose patience and try to open up the frame too soon. I used dried pressed leaves of lawn weeds and others.
Anthotype created using an acetate POSITIVE on glossy inkjet paper very carefully given 1 coat of strained turmeric in alcohol. This was exposed for 4 days in gentle sunlight. It would need far less time in summer light! I love the tones and sharp rendering of the image!
