Fall is cattail season! Here is a wet plate collodion still life of some cattails I found by my home. This plate was more for practice than for “keeping”. I am learning how to manage colder temperatures. The cold has an impact on the chemicals used for wet plate. Mainly everything takes longer. Longer exposure (more light) and longer development times.

One of the appealing parts of this process is the randomness. You never can be sure how things will turn out until you actually shoot a plate. That makes it surprising and gives a satisfaction to the finished product. That also can give some frustration or course! I has to shoot 3 or 4 plates before I had the flash and developing dialed in.

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