Railroad Track Las Vagas N.M
This is my first effort to create a digital daguerreotype photo. I think it will probably end up looking its best printed on some type of metallic finish paper....
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This is my first effort to create a digital daguerreotype photo. I think it will probably end up looking its best printed on some type of metallic finish paper.
A daguerreotype was the first publicly announced type of photographic process, created in 1839 by a couple of French scientists. Here is a watered down version of the quite complex process:
Step 1: Polish and buff a silver-coated copper plate.
Step 2: Sensitize the plate by exposing it to iodine and bromine fumes.
Step 3: Load the plate into the camera (completely light proof)
Step 4: The subject was placed in front of the camera and the pose is held using clamps and stands.
Step 5: The protective slide is removed and then finally the lens cap was taken off.
Step 6: Wait for 15-30 minutes for the image to be exposed (in 1841 this was reduced to 20-90 seconds)
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A daguerreotype was the first publicly announced type of photographic process, created in 1839 by a couple of French scientists. Here is a watered down version of the quite complex process:
Step 1: Polish and buff a silver-coated copper plate.
Step 2: Sensitize the plate by exposing it to iodine and bromine fumes.
Step 3: Load the plate into the camera (completely light proof)
Step 4: The subject was placed in front of the camera and the pose is held using clamps and stands.
Step 5: The protective slide is removed and then finally the lens cap was taken off.
Step 6: Wait for 15-30 minutes for the image to be exposed (in 1841 this was reduced to 20-90 seconds)
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1Ernesto
November 22, 2014
Thanks for the wonderful comment and the peer recognition "Top Choice" This was a fun experiment and now that it is in my gallery the first thing I see when veiwing it is the wear path on the rail
1Ernesto
November 23, 2014
It really is as close an approxiation to stepping back in time one can get. Thinking of trying to modify some old cameras so I can shoot with my digital through their lens to get some antique lens aberrations etc. Thanks for the "Outstanding Creativity" peer recognition.
Cookie1
November 29, 2014
This is artfully exceptional and a perfect entry in the Ador Noir Volume 4 Photo Contest. Voted
kathleenweetman
January 02, 2015
I have seen originals in museums Ernesto and I think you got this pretty close to those...excellent idea...Voted k
1Ernesto
January 02, 2015
Thanks for the "Superb Composition" peer recognition and the wonderful comment as to how this looks very much like the real thing. Thanks for the Vote
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