Monday, August 13, 2007

Enturbiado

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 30 seconds @ f14 (Zone VI: 15ev)
Development: 2:45 @ 170˚F

Details:
Uneven bromine coating: I have no idea why, but at least it isn't blue.

Wednesday, August 01, 2007

urna, otra vez

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 30 seconds @ f16 (Zone VII: 16ev)
Development: 3:45 @ 156˚F

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Todavía azul

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 6 seconds @ f4 (Zone V: 12.33ev)
Development: 2:45 @ 174˚F

Notes: Still blue! Can't quite figure out why the images are not neutral. Perhaps humidity?

Saturday, July 21, 2007

Incómodo

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 8 seconds @ f4 (Zone V: 12.33ev)
Development: 3:45 @ 160˚F

Notes:
Overexposed and overdeveloped.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Árboles podados

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 1:00 minute @ f16 (Zone VII: 14ev)
Development: 2:45 @ 177˚F

Sunday, May 06, 2007

Daguerrotipo escamoso

Details:
6.5 x 8.5" Daguerreotype
Exposure: 8 seconds @ f3 (Zone VI: 12.66ev)
Development: 3:00 @ 175˚F

Notes:
A failed experiment with interesting results. The plate was made on silvered glass (see instructions here). I made a few marginally successful Becquerel plates last year using silvered glass, however something about the traditional method (perhaps the heat of the Mercury?) caused much of the silver to flake off in the fixer.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Flor del plátano

Details:
100x125mm Daguerreotype
Exposure: 2:30 minutes @ f5.6 (Zone V: 10.66ev)
Development: 2:20 @ 179˚F