I had been kind of worried about these thistles this summer. I had meant to shoot them last year but never managed; this year we are having a heat wave and I was afraid it would happen again. Made time this morning though and did a few.
I really like these thistles. I planted them several years ago after someone at the nursery told me local bugs like them. They are popular with wasps and some black and yellow hornet-looking guys; I was surprised no one stung me when I cut a few to put into the vase.
Thistles, F8, 10 seconds, shade, hot day. Reh’s new generation collodion
Thistles. F11, 20 seconds, Reh’s new generation collodion, shade, hot day.
Thistles. F11, 20 seconds, Reh’s new generation collodion, shade, hot day.
Thistles. F3.5, 1 second, Lea’s portrait collodion, shade, hot day.
Thistles. F32, 80 seconds, Lea’s portrait collodion, shade, hot day. In the top-right corner you can see where the collodion started to dry out – it was thinnest at this spot, and the 80-second exposure was cutting it close in such hot weather. In the lower-left corner is a smudgy area – the plate got dirty before I poured collodion and I tried to clean it off with a paper towel that already had other chemicals on it – developer and silver solution, mostly…
These turned out to be beautiful.