A very Happy Christmas to everyone on the Alternative and Historic Process User's Group!
Technical notes: The image is a quarter-plate tintype (collodion on black trophy aluminium) which I set up specially. The hardest part was getting a reflection of the camera in the bauble: I had a hard time finding a good, truly mirror-reflective one. The exposure was 4 minutes (240 seconds) at f/4. - A combination of macro focus distance and low-power spot lights gave me little alternative! The frame is scanned from a ninth-plate Daguerreotype in my collection (more about that another time)
It was interesting to do but hard work!
I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to more historic and alternative work next year.
Peter.
