Wet Plate, Before And After

You can see the progression of some of the images here, from a plate needing fixing, to the plate in a water bath, to the finished look, with the reverse sheen of the glass and the collodion covered by asphaltum.

Note* The still digi images, never do justice to the true memorizing beauty of a see through, clear class ambrotype!

Note** The originals have a less reddish tone to them more a black/brown look.

Before fixing in Hypo (Sodium Thiosulfate

Wet, wet plate ambrotypes1

Finished works, full and detail versions.