r/wetplate

my first weekend trying to get the hang of wet plate. the first day was just awful. finally got the pouring down better today. But I can’t figure out the fog. some advice would be great!

all the chem is new. My develop time is maybe 10 secs or less. Shadows show up pretty fast and then I rinse right away. In the below three plates I just tried to change exposer and keep everything else the same. Bright overcast skies. (Sorry for the bad photos. I don’t have a scanner yet)

Took a class on wet plate photography at the local community college and loved it, I have to scan more of my plates but these are the few I have scanned already!

Tested the new darkroom-in-a-box setup. Works pretty well! Temperature was near 100 F and 100% humidity so didn’t stay out there too long. This was the best of a few shots from today.
135mm Graflex Optar, f/16 60 sec.

Have you ever seen a Nike Swoosh on a tintype under a scanning electron microscope?

I'd be happy to answer any questions about analog photography, wet plate collodion, or electron microscopy.