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\nThis was the best of the batch! How disappointed was I? Obviously there was a major leak somewhere. It was cloudy, subject in the shade. Exposure of around 12 seconds. To top it all off the heavens opened and down came the rain.<\/p>\n
Its been a few weeks since the wetplate workshop. And this weekend I had a go at my first solo wetplates.<\/p>\n
Having everything I needed to get going I set up my darkroom in the back yard, well I say darkroom, its a 1x1x2 metre hydroponic tent. A couple of diy workbenches and a bucket. I’d got together everything else I thought I could possibly need and after a few moments of worrying about what I must have forgotten I bit the bullet and poured my first plate………<\/p>\n
\nThis was the best of the batch! How disappointed was I? Obviously there was a major leak somewhere. It was cloudy, subject in the shade. Exposure of around 12 seconds. To top it all off the heavens opened and down came the rain.<\/p>\n
Next day armed with a major roll of gaffer tape I sealed up every possible source of light leak in the tent, double checked the camera and holder for any problems and had another go.<\/p>\n
After a test plate, it seems that the tent was the problem and now at least I was getting some proper plates although getting the exposure correct was the biggest problem. I was quite pleased with my collodion and dev pours etc.<\/p>\n
The best of the bunch was this one, although I was now getting a small bit of fogging at the bottom but I’d noticed a spot where the tape had become unstuck and was letting a bit of light through by the water bucket for stopping development.<\/p>\n
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The weekend was brought to a sudden halt with a deluge of water Noah would have been ready for, but not me.<\/p>\n
So after two days of cursing and shouting at some glass plates like some madman in a dark tent in the back yard I think I was finally getting somewhere. Roll on next attempt and we can see what else can go wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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