From: Cactus Cowboy (cactus@tritel.net)
Date: 09/24/02-08:34:39 PM Z
Wow! I like that doll picture. I tried to make a comment on the photo.net
website, but was prompted for user ID, etc.... I can't bother with that
hassle, so I'll just post here to say "keep up the good work".
Best regards,
Dave in Wyoming
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Lovenguth" <chrisml@pacbell.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 7:24 PM
Subject: Was someone asking about printing daguerreotypes from film?
> I think someone awhile back was asking about using a negative to make
> daguerreotypes. Well that is what I have been working on and I think I
> almost have it. I have been using transparency film, more specifically 4x5
> Fujichrome Provia 100F. I am using the Becquerel process for my
> daguerreotypes. I am just exposing and processing the 4x5 sheet film
> normally and then exposing the dag plate to a 500 watt blue tinted
> photoflood about 2ft off my printing frame for 45 seconds. That time is
> still producing overexposure with my plate fumed to the first magenta/blue
> color so I think the time is about 15-25 seconds. I am actually going to
> test raising the light bulb so that I can get a longer exposure, which
might
> help with the whites blowing out and solarizing (which is that heavy brown
> area on my example). I am then developing with rubylith under indirect
> sunshine all day long (I'm putting it in my window and going to work).
>
> Here is the best one I have done yet which I just finished today with some
> gilding if you care to view:
> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1030102
>
> It is darker brown and higher contrast then the original since my scanner
is
> really old and poor and this is the closest I could get it to the original
> in Photoshop (I really didn't want to spend much time on it since it is a
> test).
>
> I'm not finding any issues with damaging the plate with sandwiching the
> negative, granted my plates are never pristine to begin with. I bet over
> time my negative will deteriorate being pushed up against iodine but I
plan
> to only use these as a sort of inter-neg anyways and once I get the image
> down I plan to destroy the film. I want the preciousness of the single
> daguerreotype. Anyway I hope that answers whomever's question that
> was. -Chris
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