A CDV I done awhile back

[star camera company]

A contact print from a collodion 1/4 plate neg on HC5 document weight paper sepia toned and coffee dipped. Camera of my construction, English Style 1/2,Plate Sliding box, lens Holmes Booth Haydens 1/2 plate radial Drive . The Soldier on the left went on to learn the process from me and purchased the painted backdrop and framework.

 

[jcdeboever]

Very cool and well executed.

 

[terri]

Looks beautiful! Sharp as a tack. The backdrop and the models marry together well with this process. Great work all the way around.

 

[Space Face]

I have not idea what all that technical jargon means but what a brilliant result.

 

[star camera company]

Yes....too bad the Civil War dissapeared, doing re-enactment Photography was a fascinating chapter in my life.

 

[star camera company]

Looks beautiful! Sharp as a tack. The backdrop and the models marry together well with this process. Great work all the way around.

. Absolutely that old brass lens can hold its own with Anything. Years ago, I done my first BIG Gettysburg event. While standing in the vendor registration line, I met the Ledgendary John Coffer. He had come down by horse and wagon to do portraits at the event as a vendor, like me. He had Years of experience on me. In the course of out chatting, talk turned to lenses. I told him I was using a Whole Plate Darlot. His head dropped a bit, he shook it side to side in calm disagreement and said “Ya gotta git yerself a New York Lens”. •••••••. His advice was taken and through my career used only HBH and CC Harrison lens.

 

[webestang64]

Impressive.

 

[Soocom1]

Well done!

The image looks quite passable.