Midweek Photo Fun 8/7/2019

Jdevleerjr posted:

One last post of the York #17.   

 

I really want to go there some day and photo that using camera gear original to the 1860s and shooting wet plate.  It's on my list.

Kent in SD

Two23 posted:

Jdevleerjr posted:

One last post of the York #17.   

 

 

I really want to go there some day and photo that using camera gear original to the 1860s and shooting wet plate.  It's on my list.

 

Kent in SD

I think that would be very cool.   It is a pretty easy chase, as the train runs pretty slow and the road runs right along the track.  

I wish I would have brought my film camera with me, but I can only bring so much gear at once.

There is also a very nice bike/walking path all along the track from New Freedom to Hanover Junction. (The bike path goes well beyond here, but this is as far as the train goes.) The road crosses back and forth over the tracks in several places, and there is usually a parking lot for the bike path along the road at these junctures.  Enjoy!

Jdevleerjr posted:

Two23 posted:

Jdevleerjr posted:

One last post of the York #17.   

 

I really want to go there some day and photo that using camera gear original to the 1860s and shooting wet plate.  It's on my list.

 

Kent in SD

I think that would be very cool.   It is a pretty easy chase, as the train runs pretty slow and the road runs right along the track.  

I wish I would have brought my film camera with me, but I can only bring so much gear at once.

Can't take photos of a moving train (or anything) using wet plate.  I have to coat the glass plate with a liquid silver solution using a portable dark box or tent, immediately take the photo, exposure takes 2 to 5 seconds, then immediately (within 15 minutes) take the plate back to my portable dark "room" and develop it, then wash it and put it in a fixer tray, and wash again.  This is how photos were made from 1850 to 1882.  I've been shooting dry plates--1880 to 1920 vintage, for the past year.  Those are pre-made like film and can be processed later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYRc6PAMTvU

Kent in SD

Interesting...