Ned's photos
Burbank Greenhouse
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Making a calotype of the greenhouse at Luther Burbank's house in Santa Rosa, California
Luther Burbank was the "plant wizard" of Sonoma County. This greenhouse would have been kept warm in the winter and at night with the fireplace.
Ragle Ranch Salt Print
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Printed 15 November 2025
Strathmore 500 plate finish drawing paper prepared with rice starch and salt in 2019.
Toned with gold thiocyanate.
Ragle Ranch Calotype
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My first calotype using the method of Guillot-Saguez
I learned a lot from this one.
Details:
14 November 2025
5x7 Eastman No. 1, Velostigmat
Around noon. sky LV 15, foliage in sunlight LV 13, trunk LV 10.
exposure 12m @ F/11
Calotype on Canson vidalon vellum paper
iodized: 4% KI, 1% KBr, 10m
sensitized: 7% AgNO3, 12.5% Acetic acid, 5m
developed: 75% ss gallic acid only. 28m
Ragle Ranch
Carlevaro salt print
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Printed 3 November 2025
Salted paper print made from calotype, toned with gold chloride.
Carlevaro calotype
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Greenlaw process calotype on vidalon vellum.
LV 16 sky, water and rocks to left. Main rock was LV 14.5.
Exposure was only 3m @ F/22
Around noon, fog over water with no horizon and pretty flat light.
These are tests to get me started again, I'll go back in better light!
Carlevaro Beach
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Making a calotype at Carlevaro Beach.
Camera is a 5x7 Eastman No. 1, which were manufactured between 1920 and 1926, so it is about 100 years old now.
Dragon Tooth Salt Print
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Untoned salt print from calotype.
Printed 31 October.
Stain in upper left corner appeared on the back of the paper before printing. It came through the paper and caused some fogging in the unexposed area. Possibly there was some contamination on the plastic board I sensitized the paper on.
This paper was originally prepared in June 2019 with rice starch and salt. Strathmore 500 plate finish drawing paper.
Dragon Tooth calotype
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This one has some staining but I thought I'd print it anyway for the practice. I think the stains were caused by overexposure.
29 October 2025
5x7 Eastman No 1 camera
sky, water, and foreground LV16
front of rock in water LV14
exposure 10m @ F/32
Greenlaw's process on vidalon vellum
developed too fast, done at 18m.
Dragon Tooth
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This beach doesn't have a name, but I call it "dragon tooth beach" because of a rock on the cliffs above it.
I haven't made calotypes in a long time!
Rule's Landing
Foothill Park
Shorttail Gulch
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28 Sep 2023 - 3 June 2024
Kodak type F "polycontrast" single weight RC paper, expired 1977. It curls like mad but makes interesting solargraphs if I can figure out how to keep it from rolling up! Neat reflections in this one are from its glossy surface.
Dragon's Tooth Beach
Wright's Beach Solargraph
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Original paper on left, inverted colors on right. 24 December 2023 to 31 May 2024.
Queen Yellowjacket
Drain
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WPPD 2024 instant film pinhole
I kinda like this one, even though I didn't choose it for my WPPD entry this year.
On Sonoma State University campus.
Solstice to solstice 2023
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Summer to Winter Solstice
21 June - 21 December, 2023
8x10 photopaper.
The equinox is the straight line in the middle. Lines above it were the sun passing across the sky in the summer and lines below it were the sun passing across the sky in the fall. The lowest line was made yesterday ( December 21st )
