Ned's photos with the keyword: Paper Negative

Met up with a nice fellow from APUG yesterday and tried out a new tripod for my camera at Spring Lake, near Santa Rosa, California. This is a paper negative exposed for salt printing... I made a salt print from it today but it had an odd defect I've never seen before, so I'll try again another day. Meanwhile here's an inverted scan.

Valley oak at Crane Creek regional park in Sonoma County, California. Paper negative. Sometimes I like the negative better than the positive...

Valley Oak at Crane Creek regional park in Sonoma County California. The mid-afternoon light was flat, and I think I will come back and photograph this tree from the other side. Something I never noticed before, but makes sense if you think about it: as I walked around the park, I noticed that for every tree, if I stood where you could see the trunk and branches then I was looking into the sun. Of course the leaves grow and spread out more on the side of the tree that faces the afternoon sun!

I've got a new toy. It's an Eastman No. 2 view camera for 7x11. I really like this format. I've been using a lot of 7x11 paper, and now I've got real film holders for that size! Using a well made holder is such a luxury compared to my homemade contraptions! Today I made this first photograph with it, a paper negative. The negative was a bit overexposed, but I had fun using the camera and I think it's going to be great for making paper negatives and calotypes for salt printing. The camera was made sometime between about 1914 and 1921. Lens is an 11" Wollensak velostigmat that I've been using for some time.

Near Ebbett's Pass Nice morning swim here before we headed home.