After the bouncy castle

Details:
Quarter-Plate Daguerreotype
Iodine: yellow with red-edges
Bromine: red with slight yellow interior
Exposure: 20 seconds @ f2.8 (skin: 11.33ev)
Lighting: afternoon shade, north light
Development: 3:15 @ 176˚F

3:15 over mercury at 176˚F pushed the developing over the edge, as can been seen by all the weird little splots. Underexposed too?

Early Pumpkins

Details:
Quarter-Plate Daguerreotype
Iodine: yellow with red-edges
Bromine: red with slight yellow interior
Exposure: 1:30 minutes @ f5.6 (Zone V: 11.66ev)
Lighting: 8 x 55w Florescents
Development: 2:00 @ 176˚F

It has been quite a while since I have made any traditional Daguerreotypes. This plate--although underexposed and possibly under-quicked--is a great success, and hopefully the beginning of a new season of image making.