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  • Lane Chests

    Lane Chests

    Another invered calotype, this one with coating flaws and so forth. Still, I like the image. 8x10

  • Bath Iron Works  Furnace

    Bath Iron Works Furnace

    Goshen, Va
    Calotype

  • Eagle Rock Kilns Nº 1

    Eagle Rock Kilns Nº 1

    Calotype on Canson Marker. Lens: Kodak triplet without the rear element. 8x10 on the Wehman Field Camera.

  • Estaline Valley Nº 3

    Estaline Valley Nº 3

    Estaline Valley, Va
    Calotype, 8x10
    Wehman Field Camera
    Metrogon @ f8

  • Blackie's House Calotype

    Blackie's House Calotype

    Rockbridge County
    Calotype
    8x10
    Wehman Field Camera
    Metrogon f6.3

  • Silo near Big River

    Silo near Big River

    Calotype on Canson Marker
    Wehman Field Camera
    Metrogon

  • Millboro Bank calotype-inverted

    Millboro Bank calotype-inverted

    Calotype on Canson Marker. 1 1/2 minute exposure. Wehman Field Camera, Metrogon lens @ f8

  • Millboro Bank calotype

    Millboro Bank calotype

    Calotype on Canson Marker. 1 1/2 minute exposure. Wehman Field Camera, Metrogon lens @ f8

  • DeSoto Nº 2 Calotype inverted

    DeSoto Nº 2 Calotype inverted

    Buena Vista, Va

  • DeSoto Nº 2 Calotype

    DeSoto Nº 2 Calotype

    Buena Vista, Va

  • Springwood overpass

    Springwood overpass

    Calotype, inverted
    Springwood, Virginia

  • Gooseneck dam powerhouse with freight train

    Gooseneck dam powerhouse with freight train

    Inverted, from calotype. Ruins of an old powerhouse built next to the Gooseneck Dam near Buena Vista. Northbound freight train, Norfolk Southern, Shenandoah Valley line. 3 minute exposure, so the train is, well, blurred.

  • Gooseneck dam powerhouse Nº 2 calotype

    Gooseneck dam powerhouse Nº 2 calotype

    This is the location where O. Winston Link shot the photograph of Train No. 2 at Gooseneck Dam. The dam is no longer there, but the remnants exist. Scan of calotype.

  • Gooseneck dam powerhouse Nº 2 inverted

    Gooseneck dam powerhouse Nº 2 inverted

    This is the location where O. Winston Link shot the photograph of Train No. 2 at Gooseneck Dam. The dam is no longer there, but the remnants exist. Calotype inverted in photoshop.

  • Blue Sulphur Springs Calotype

    Blue Sulphur Springs Calotype

    Calotype, Wehman Field 8x10, Metrogon lens
    Recently restored remains of Blue Sulphur Springs spa in West Virginia

  • House at Evans Tract Calotype - inverted

    House at Evans Tract Calotype - inverted

  • House at Evans Tract Calotype

    House at Evans Tract Calotype

    8x10 calotype on canson marker
    Abandoned house near Iron Gate, Virginia

  • Longdale Furnace Calotype-inverted

    Longdale Furnace Calotype-inverted

    Calotype on Canson Marker
    8x10
    Wehman Field Camera with the metrogon lens
    Longdale Furnace (ruins), Virginia

  • Longdale Furnace Calotype

    Longdale Furnace Calotype

    Calotype on Canson Marker
    8x10
    Wehman Field Camera with the metrogon lens
    Longdale Furnace (ruins), Virginia

  • Fishing on the James - inverted

    Fishing on the James - inverted

    Calotype. 8x10. Wehman Field Camera, Caltar 215/4.8

  • Fishing on the James - Calotype

    Fishing on the James - Calotype

    Calotype. 8x10. Wehman Field Camera, Caltar 215/4.8

  • The Antique Mall - Inverted

    The Antique Mall - Inverted

    Wehman Field camera. Calotype. Lexington, Va.

  • The Antique Mall - Calotype

    The Antique Mall - Calotype

    Wehman Field camera. Calotype. Lexington, Va.

  • Chimney-calotype-inverted

    Chimney-calotype-inverted

    Calotype. Wehman Field Camera
    Locher tract, near Glasgow.

  • Chimney-calotype

    Chimney-calotype

    Calotype. Wehman Field Camera
    Locher tract, near Glasgow.

  • Bontex factory calotype (inverted)

    Bontex factory calotype (inverted)

    Calotype, 8x10, Wehman Field Camera, old Kodak lens element.
    Shuttered factory in Buena Vista, Virginia. Taken from Glen Maury Park.

  • Bontex factory calotype

    Bontex factory calotype

    Calotype, 8x10, Wehman Field Camera, old Kodak lens element.
    Shuttered factory in Buena Vista, Virginia. Taken from Glen Maury Park.

  • Gladstone nº 2 calotype

    Gladstone nº 2 calotype

    Shack near Gladstone, Virginia. Calotype. Wehman, 8x10 (cropped) with Metrogon

  • Gladstone nº 2 calotype inverted

    Gladstone nº 2 calotype inverted

    Shack near Gladstone, Virginia. Calotype. Wehman, 8x10 (cropped) with Metrogon

  • Callie Furnace calotype

    Callie Furnace calotype

    Iron making furnace from the late 1800's, away in the woods. Near Glen Wilton, Virginia Wehman Field Camera Calotype Metrogon 6" lens wide open Taken at dusk

  • Callie Furnace calotype inverted

    Callie Furnace calotype inverted

    Iron making furnace from the late 1800's, away in the woods. Near Glen Wilton, Virginia Wehman Field Camera Calotype Metrogon 6" lens wide open Taken at dusk

  • Natural Bridge Nº 1 inverted

    Natural Bridge Nº 1 inverted

    Calotype, 8x10, Wehman, Metrogon Natural Bridge Virginia 1' 36" exposure @ f8

  • Natural Bridge Nº 1 calotype

    Natural Bridge Nº 1 calotype

    Calotype, 8x10, Wehman, Metrogon Natural Bridge Virginia 1' 36" exposure @ f8

  • Natural Bridge Nº 2 - inverted

    Natural Bridge Nº 2 - inverted

    Natural Bridge, Va
    Calotype
    8x10, Wehman, Element from Kodak anastigmat

  • Natural Bridge Nº 2 calotype

    Natural Bridge Nº 2 calotype

    Natural Bridge, Va
    Calotype
    8x10, Wehman, Element from Kodak anastigmat

  • JC Penney calotype inverted

    JC Penney calotype inverted

    Staunton Virginia
    What's left of the Staunton Mall
    Calotype
    Wehman, Metrogon

  • JC Penney calotype

    JC Penney calotype

    Staunton Virginia
    What's left of the Staunton Mall
    Calotype
    Wehman Field Camera, Metrogon

  • Staunton Mall calotype nº 2

    Staunton Mall calotype nº 2

    Staunton Virginia. Calotype.
    Wehman Field Camera
    8x10

  • Staunton Mall calotype nº 2 inverted

    Staunton Mall calotype nº 2 inverted

    Staunton Virginia. Calotype.
    Wehman Field Camera
    8x10

  • Staunton Mall calotype Nº 3 inverted

    Staunton Mall calotype Nº 3 inverted

    Calotype, 8x10, wehman field camera

  • Staunton Mall calotype Nº 3

    Staunton Mall calotype Nº 3

    Calotype, 8x10, wehman field camera

  • Callie Furnace Nº 2 with S (calotype)

    Callie Furnace Nº 2 with S (calotype)

    Deep in the woods near Glen Wilton, Virginia
    Calotype on Canson Marker, Wehman 8x10 Field Camera

  • Callie Furnace Nº 2 with S (calotype, inverted)

    Callie Furnace Nº 2 with S (calotype, inverted)

    Deep in the woods near Glen Wilton, Virginia
    Calotype on Canson Marker, Wehman 8x10 Field Camera

    S. is standing lower left.

  • Thingoliths calotype

    Thingoliths calotype

    Out in the woods near Glen Wilton (or was it Glen Campbell?)
    Calotype
    8x10, Wehman, Metrogon

  • Thingoliths calotype inverted

    Thingoliths calotype inverted

    Calotype, inverted

  • Liths Nº 3 calotype inverted

    Liths Nº 3 calotype inverted

    More thingoliths.
    Calotype, taken with the Ilex Acuton 215mm and the Wehman

  • Liths Nº 3 calotype

    Liths Nº 3 calotype

    More thingoliths.
    Calotype, taken with the Ilex Acuton 215mm and the Wehman

  • Cliftondale Court Trailer Park calotype

    Cliftondale Court Trailer Park calotype

    Cliftondale, Virginia
    Calotype
    Wehman Field Camera 8x10
    Ilex Acuton 215/4.8

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