r/cyanotypes

I want to submit this photo to a local magazine. It’s not perfect and I can’t make it again. What do you guys think of it? Here is the prompt for the magazine:

“imagining Arkansas’s future, particularly how our world might change through technological advancement, political decisions, and ecological destruction—and what possibilities we have for shaping that future.”

The bottle used is Mountain Valley water which is from Arkansas. I shattered the bottle then wanted the flowers emerging from it. I’m touching on the ecological destruction part

I've been thinking about doing this since my sister got married a few months ago--I pressed some of the flowers from their bouquet and arrangements and was planning to make a cyanotype for them as a Christmas present, but hadn't gotten around to it until I realized we're in October and the sunlight is waning!

Had to guess at exposure times particularly since the plants were all different opacities--I think the translucent flowers are my favorite to expose at this point given how "X-ray like" they look.

What botanicals do you like to capture?

my good friend threw an event (that unbeknownst to us, coincidentally landed on cyanotype day haha) where friends submitted photographs and he would turn them to cyanotypes to present in an art gallery. he asked me last minute to make a drawing for him to print and this was the result. i used white posca markers on a transparent sheet and he printed it on a thin cotton fabric

Despite the fact that leaves, flowers and related objects are the easiest subjects, friends tell me they love them more than artistic creations.

My first attempt at taking photos of the mountains through in-camera cyanotype photography. Thoughts?

Attempting to find a way to use materials like plastic and paper to create some sort of ripply/refractiony water surface-like textures. Here's some results from what I've tried so far. Last 3 pics are the desired effect.

Any other citrus type ideas? FInally got them printing after getting seedless lemons and thinly slicing, sundrying and pressing them. To your health!

2hr exposure under 50w UV lamp

I've had varied success with "bisquit" ceramic tiles, but I believe they would fade if exposed to sunlight. Ceramic is hard to get right, because the chemicals are absorbed into the tile. The time to expose, that is how long to let it dry, varies a lot.

Here's a glob of air hardening modeling clay treated and exposed. It's drying on the rack now. Should be dry in 24 hours or so. It could actually be formed into another shape right now, which opens a lot of interesting possibilities. We'll see then how well it holds the color if at all. This is NOT my design, I photographed a litho at a friend's.

Still need to flatten out the paper but I’m really excited about these & glad my buddies don’t use Reddit so I can post these before the holidays

I noticed these lines and realized it was the same pattern as the lid I had placed it on to dry. I’m guessing the water pooled in the other areas. Does that mean I didn’t rinse enough? Would rinsing again make it disappear? Anyone had this issue?

Got these wooden disks to use as coasters, and got the idea to do cyanotypes on them. Not sure how to properly do it. I don't want the blue color. My idea would be

1. Apply a cyanotype layer, and obtain the image.

2. Apply staining somehow maybe? (optional)

3. Apply varnish on top to seal everything in, to protect against water/heat/scratches to some extent.

Not sure tho which chemicals go together here? Can varnish be applied on top of the cyanotype layer?

The effect im looking for ideally would be stained would where the light hit, less stained where it didn't. Varnish to make it shiny/seal all in. Don't want the exposed cyanotype part to hide the wood grains.

There were no negatives or full-fledged materials, so I printed it on tracing paper. I'll find my own way to enjoy it by trial and error.