When life gives you thistles – why make a collodion wet plate?

I made a series of 5×7″ tintypes and Ambrotypes (images on glass) yesterday and am so pleased with how the images turned out! I harvested a variety of plants in the morning for still life images but stuck with the thistles all day. Sometimes you get in the “zone” and time fades away and things just flow. Before I knew it dinner time was approaching. So I shut down image capture and set up varnishing my day’s production. Like all my plates, this set was preserved with traditional frankincense in lavender oil finish. My work room smells so wonderful!

This tintype can be purchased in my Etsy Store for $39.99

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