Comments on: Old Sheldon Church Daguerreotype http://www.shinyphotos.com/2008/06/01/old-sheldon-church-daguerreotype/ Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:56:03 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jonathan http://www.shinyphotos.com/2008/06/01/old-sheldon-church-daguerreotype/comment-page-1/#comment-9262 Jonathan Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:04:00 +0000 http://www.shinyphotos.com/?p=134#comment-9262 According to my OED subscription (how could I live without you, my dear?!?) ----- daguerreotype, v. [f. prec. n.] 1. trans. To photograph by the daguerreotype process. 1849 C. BRONTË Shirley vii. 80 "A head, that daguerreotyped in that attitude..would have been lovely." 1867-77 G. F. CHAMBERS Astron. VII. vii. 707 ----- It has been suggested to me that if you can't develop right away that a few minutes development in the field are helpful before taking it home to be finished. According to my OED subscription (how could I live without you, my dear?!?)

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daguerreotype, v.
[f. prec. n.]

1. trans. To photograph by the daguerreotype process.

1849 C. BRONTË Shirley vii. 80 “A head, that daguerreotyped in that attitude..would have been lovely.” 1867-77 G. F. CHAMBERS Astron. VII. vii. 707
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It has been suggested to me that if you can’t develop right away that a few minutes development in the field are helpful before taking it home to be finished.

]]> By: Andy Stockton http://www.shinyphotos.com/2008/06/01/old-sheldon-church-daguerreotype/comment-page-1/#comment-9256 Andy Stockton Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:00:54 +0000 http://www.shinyphotos.com/?p=134#comment-9256 That is encouraging to hear that the plates were workable after several days. There are some things that I would like to photograph (daguerreotype? how do you refer to this activity?) that are a bit off the beaten path. The camera itself is hard enough to lug around without taking the whole manufacturing outfit. Let us know if you do any experiments with developing after a delay. I wonder what the limits are. That is encouraging to hear that the plates were workable after several days. There are some things that I would like to photograph (daguerreotype? how do you refer to this activity?) that are a bit off the beaten path. The camera itself is hard enough to lug around without taking the whole manufacturing outfit. Let us know if you do any experiments with developing after a delay. I wonder what the limits are.

]]> By: Jonathan http://www.shinyphotos.com/2008/06/01/old-sheldon-church-daguerreotype/comment-page-1/#comment-9225 Jonathan Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:00:04 +0000 http://www.shinyphotos.com/?p=134#comment-9225 The plates were sensitized on Saturday and used on Wednesday. Plate 1 was overexposed, plate 2 was screwed up both by underexposure AND by the Amberlith falling off the developer (the sun melted the tape. It was THAT hot.) I think that the high UV index had something to do with it although Jerry Spagnoli seems to think that my exposure time sounded about right for f/5.6. Who knew? Sheesh... As my polishing technique improves I've been discovering that the plates are getting faster. My current technique seems to yield faster plates than my initial notes (and the EV Guidelines chart) demonstrated. The plates were sensitized on Saturday and used on Wednesday. Plate 1 was overexposed, plate 2 was screwed up both by underexposure AND by the Amberlith falling off the developer (the sun melted the tape. It was THAT hot.)

I think that the high UV index had something to do with it although Jerry Spagnoli seems to think that my exposure time sounded about right for f/5.6. Who knew? Sheesh…

As my polishing technique improves I’ve been discovering that the plates are getting faster. My current technique seems to yield faster plates than my initial notes (and the EV Guidelines chart) demonstrated.

]]> By: Andy Stockton http://www.shinyphotos.com/2008/06/01/old-sheldon-church-daguerreotype/comment-page-1/#comment-9224 Andy Stockton Mon, 02 Jun 2008 04:39:32 +0000 http://www.shinyphotos.com/?p=134#comment-9224 Looks like a fascinating place. As I recall you said you pre-sensitized the plates before the trip. How "old" were they when you used them? Do you think your exposure difficulties were related to that advance preparation, or is that just a normal level of problem with the process? Looks like a fascinating place. As I recall you said you pre-sensitized the plates before the trip. How “old” were they when you used them? Do you think your exposure difficulties were related to that advance preparation, or is that just a normal level of problem with the process?

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