The past few days here in The City have been well into the upper eighties. A bit early for me, but next week looks to be more seasonable. Humidity is low which is a blessing.
The wet plate process, like myself, does not like high temperatures. The ether begins to boil at around ninety degrees, and can become dangerous to work with, so I headed out early to get some plates done before the mercury rose to the danger zone.
My goal was to make some negatives, and I had spent a few minutes the day before getting some 5×7 glass plates squeaky clean. Nothing so frustrating as putting a developed plate in the fixer, and seeing the colloidian slide off in one sheet simply because of poor plate preparation.
I was pleased with the results, and hope to make some prints with this negative. Need to save up $$, so I can purchase some platinum/ palladium. The war in Ukraine has driven the prices sky high. In the meantime I’ll do some salt prints.
Enjoy your day, hope to see you soon.
Webster’s Wet Plate 