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| Hosta 'Paul's Glory' 26 June 2023 |
Sometimes
failure can be illuminating. Today I tried to make a chlorophyll image of
Rosemary and baby Alexandra using Hosta ‘Paul’s Glory’. I put the setup outside
for five hours. The variegation on the hosta obliterated Alexandra. I will try
again tomorrow using a hosta leaf with less centre variegation. I am placing this blog back a few days to fill blog holes.
There is pleasure to be had in not having instant satisfaction by the instant back screen of the digital camera results. The process reminds me of taking photographs with film (something that I do often) and having a latent image to be brought out in the darkroom. With film and with digital cameras you can take a few exposures to make sure. Since I only have one press (lent to me by Ralph Rinke) it is going to be trial an error.
Ralph left me a couple of his portraits on hosta leaves but did not tell me that the leaves were still wet. To my horror fungus hid his face completely. Ralph knew about this and I am sure that when I told him he must have smiled.
