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10/20/2003 Entry: "weekend alt-process play"

A pretty quiet weekend, Saturday filled for the most part with housecleaning and dejunking, but also some time found for alt-process play. Still working with some of the negs from Seneca, this time as cyanotypes. They're a good deal grainier than the Van Dyke versions and have more contrast, with sharp divisons between tones rather than the softer look of Van Dyke.

The middle image is one from the pinClack, while the top and bottom are 4x5, pinhole and view camera respectively. I'm starting to like the way the Clack's 6x9 cm negs look. It's a nice format and while tiny compared to 4x5, still large enough for respectable contact printing. While in a Clack mood, I also burnt a cyanotype pinhole figure in nature shot done near a small waterfall at Seneca.