Re: Full Plate Daguerreotype Still Being Used!

[Ext User(jonathan@danforthsource.com)]

On Dec 31 2007, 6:52 pm, "Prisilla, Queen of the Desert"
<prisil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Dec 31 2007, 11:01 pm, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > I thought this would be of interest to some who enjoy this really old
> > process of film and thought it was not in use anymore.
>
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194238364&ssPag...
> > Helen
>
> That is the worst presentation of *any* photograph I have ever seen.
> The matte is hand cut and very poorly done. The corners are unequal
> and show the beginner status of the person who cut it. I'd hardly
> think any collector will fall for this dupe.
>
> I doubt the "Daguerreotype" is a true example of the process.
> Certainly the colors in the example on view rule out any hope of it
> being genuine. It's true the process is still used today. (I last used
> it in 2006) but this is not, in any way shape of form a genuine
> picture of aDaguerreotype. I get the idea you are the person who
> listed it.

The black mat and the frame are both shit. The presentation sucks.

That image is, however, a genuine daguerreotype. The person who
listed it is John Hurlock who is a daguerreotypist of some repute.
The blue color that you see is a result of solarization on
daguerreotype plates that have been developed with Mercury after being
bromoiodide sensitized. The ever-so-slight golden brown tone is a
result of the gold gilding which is done as a preservation method and
usually not done as a toning effect.

You say you used the process in '06. Can you prove that? You don't
seem to know much of anything about them.
Jonathan

[Ext User(Scott W)]

On Jan 1, 2:27*pm, jonat...@danforthsource.com wrote:
> On Dec 31 2007, 6:52 pm, "Prisilla, Queen of the Desert"
>
>
>
>
>
> <prisil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 31 2007, 11:01 pm, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > > I thought this would be of interest to some who enjoy this really old
> > > process of film and thought it was not in use anymore.
>
> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194238364&ssPag....
> > > Helen
>
> > That is the worst presentation of *any* photograph I have ever seen.
> > The matte is hand cut and very poorly done. The corners are unequal
> > and show the beginner status of the person who cut it. I'd hardly
> > think any collector will fall for this dupe.
>
> > I doubt the "Daguerreotype" is a true example of the process.
> > Certainly the colors in the example on view rule out any hope of it
> > being genuine. It's true the process is still used today. (I last used
> > it in 2006) but this is not, in any way shape of form a genuine
> > picture of aDaguerreotype. I get the idea you are the person who
> > listed it.
>
> The black mat and the frame are both shit. *The presentation sucks.
>
> That image is, however, a genuine daguerreotype. *The person who
> listed it is John Hurlock who is a daguerreotypist of some repute.
> The blue color that you see is a result of solarization on
> daguerreotype plates that have been developed with Mercury after being
> bromoiodide sensitized. *The ever-so-slight golden brown tone is a
> result of the gold gilding which is done as a preservation method and
> usually not done as a toning effect.
>
> You say you used the process in '06. *Can you prove that? *You don't
> seem to know much of anything about them.


There are a great many things that D-Mac does not seem to know about.

Scott

[Ext User(Atheist Chaplain)]

"Scott W" <biphoto@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:11a6dd9f-0a1c-4a62-97ce-255ba7c0b677@e23g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
On Jan 1, 2:27 pm, jonat...@danforthsource.com wrote:
> On Dec 31 2007, 6:52 pm, "Prisilla, Queen of the Desert"
>
>
>
>
>
> <prisil...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Dec 31 2007, 11:01 pm, helensilverb...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> > > I thought this would be of interest to some who enjoy this really old
> > > process of film and thought it was not in use anymore.
>
> > >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290194238364&ssPag...
> > > Helen
>
> > That is the worst presentation of *any* photograph I have ever seen.
> > The matte is hand cut and very poorly done. The corners are unequal
> > and show the beginner status of the person who cut it. I'd hardly
> > think any collector will fall for this dupe.
>
> > I doubt the "Daguerreotype" is a true example of the process.
> > Certainly the colors in the example on view rule out any hope of it
> > being genuine. It's true the process is still used today. (I last used
> > it in 2006) but this is not, in any way shape of form a genuine
> > picture of aDaguerreotype. I get the idea you are the person who
> > listed it.
>
> The black mat and the frame are both shit. The presentation sucks.
>
> That image is, however, a genuine daguerreotype. The person who
> listed it is John Hurlock who is a daguerreotypist of some repute.
> The blue color that you see is a result of solarization on
> daguerreotype plates that have been developed with Mercury after being
> bromoiodide sensitized. The ever-so-slight golden brown tone is a
> result of the gold gilding which is done as a preservation method and
> usually not done as a toning effect.
>
> You say you used the process in '06. Can you prove that? You don't
> seem to know much of anything about them.


There are a great many things that D-Mac does not seem to know about.

Scott


though it has never stopped him from opening mouth to insert foot before.
You would think that Douggie has pyromaniac tendencies with the amount and
frequency of times he gets shot down in flames :-)

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