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24th January 2015, 07:11 PM #1
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Daguerreotype Look
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24th January 2015, 08:32 PM #2
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
Nicely done.
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24th January 2015, 08:42 PM #3
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
The processing really does suit the subject very well indeed.
The only ? Is the 'bump' in the wall from where the pipe was, but having said that if you didn't post the original, maybe would I have even noticed it?
Nice work.
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24th January 2015, 10:27 PM #4
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
I like the look. I've never seen a color Daguerreotype so what is your source for how one would typically look?
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24th January 2015, 10:32 PM #5
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
Very nice, Richard -- it really suits this type of photo. Well done...
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24th January 2015, 10:51 PM #6
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
Looking back, that was a hand colored Daguerrotype look. Here is one with no color...
Here is another hand colored Daguerrotype...
And this is listed as a tintype
I am looking forward to attending a Civil War Reenactment in Vista, California in March. In the interest of looking authentic, I am going to shoot at least some of the imagery at very slow shutter speeds (tripod mounted) and shoot in monochrome using the blue built-in filter.
The wet plate emulsions used during the Civil War Era required very long exposures (which was why so many images of the dead were shot - they didn't move) and the emulsions were blue sensitive....Last edited by rpcrowe; 25th January 2015 at 12:24 AM.
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24th January 2015, 11:21 PM #7
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
Nice additional edits. For the future and current shots, do you utilize noise in your images, perhaps allowing noise during initial capture or applying afterwards?
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25th January 2015, 01:29 AM #8
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
Those are cool, Richard.
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25th January 2015, 04:04 AM #9Moderator
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Re: Daguerreotype Look
It's too bad they don't look like real Daguerreotype images, but they do look interesting. I had an opportunity to see someone's collection of Daguerreotypes earlier this week.
Daguerreotype used a highly polished metal (copper) surface that was coated with silver. This was exposed to iodine (or later bromine was used to increase light sensitivity) to create a silver halide. After exposure to light, the plate was exposed to mecury vapours (not a healthy process) to develop the image and then it was placed in a sodium thiosulphate bath to dissolve the unexposed silver salts.
If you ever look closely at a Daguerreotype, you can see both a positive and negative image, depending on the angle that you held it. The material was also orthochromatic, i.e. sensitive to blues and greens, but not reds.
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