"J...s"

A new plate i made tonight.

Thanks to Emiel for posing for this one.
 

 

 

 

27x27cm Clear glass ambrotype

Hermagis 450mm 4.5 petzval wide open
Exposuretime 6 secs.
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Fantastic gathering at Early Birds, Lelystad Holland

"The Hero's"

In the early days aero planes were flown by courageous men and woman.

Dressed in leather jackets and only protected by simple goggles and leather caps,

pioneers like Anthony Fokker and Louis Bleriot conquered the skies.

Their aircraft were skillfully made flying machines composed of wood, linen and steel wire.

Whilst flying, those ‘early birds’ wrote history and laid the foundation for modern aviation.

That is the soul I wanted to touch in my collodion photo called "HERO"

This was the last plate  i made yesterday. It came out just perfect.

Beautiful exposure and it contains amazingly details.

You should be able to see this plate in real.

27x27cm black glass ambrotype

Dallmeyr 5d at f32

exposuretime 2 secs

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Yesterday we, Peter van hal, Arjen Went, Ferry vd Vliet, Raewyn Dunn from new Zealand and me myself

had a wet plate gathering at Lelystad Airport.

http://www.vroegevogels.org/nl/home

Peter van Hal arranged that we were allowed to "shoot" some of the most beautiful historical planes i have ever seen.

Peter, many thanks. We had a great day.

These plains, owned by the 92 years old Jaap van Mesdag and

maintained by a crew of the best mechanics.

All of them are as pasionated by planes as we are by wet plate photography.

The owner, Jaap van Mesdag sitting on his beautiful Buick.

Picture made by ferry.

We had a beautiful day with loads of sun. But that sun was also the cause of many problems during the day.

At the beginning we suffered from fogged plates . It turned out that for me it was to much exposure

and Peter struggled with his silverbath.

My first plate showed a blue sky !! I have never seen that before and don't know the cause yet, but i really like the effect.

Me myself strugling to make a decent plate....

Made by Ferry.

 Our other model, Nico. One of the very passionated mechanics.

Made by Ferry.

 Peter van Hal at work.

Made by Ferry.

My friend and the model of the day : Ferry vd Vliet.

Made by me.

Beautiful plate made by Peter van Hal.

Made by Ferry.

 Made by Raewyn.

Found better plate rack

All from the start i have been using the plate racks made by IKEA.

Cheap and good. But when shooting larger plates and storing them in the IKEA rack it somehow became a little tricky
( because of the weight) as i mainly use 3mm glass.

Yesterday we were at Amersfoort ( beautiful place btw) and we entered a store called Dille & Camille.
I found there plate racks and i can say, they are MUCH sturdier than those from IKEA. Thicker wood and better build quality

They are selling 2 sizes and i bought the smallest one.

Still suitable for holding up to 13 plates which is more than enough for me.

Price ?  Euro 16,95.

Not as cheap as those from IKEA but still cheaper than making it yourself.

Here you can find the one i bought : http://www.dille-kamille.nl/nl/shop/c/113/a/3191/afdruiprek-rubberhout

Strangely they only sell the small one through the internet.

In the picture you see plates of  10,5" square.

"Hat"lines

27x27cm BGA

exposure time 4 sec.
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Hermagis 300 mm petzval f4.0 wide open