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When working with photographic negative processes, either black & white or colour, any object laid on the paper will print as a negative image, the object will block the light and leave a white shadow on the paper where it lay. The subtle tones of the photogram will relate to the objects laid on the paper.

 


Semi-transparent and transparent objects

transparent objects
A section of a photogram of a semi transparent bottle
Objects like bottles, glass ware, crystal, plastic bags, feathers, cloth, paper, some leaves and flowers etc. can produce an infinite range of textures and half tones (gray tones) that only reveal themselves at the development stage. 

Etched areas of glass  or opaque dried material stuck to the glass can create distinguishing marks on the paper where the etched area is more opaque and or diffuses the light. Impurities in the glass, like old bottles, can also contribute to marks like this.
 

Cut or embossed glass can act like a camera lens or prism, altering the direction of the rays of light, concentrating it in some areas while deflecting it away from others. When a ray of light enters a transparent medium from a different angle than it is traveling at it changes course and can be focused to a single point or deflected away from a point. This is similar to what happens with a magnifying glass where the light is concentrated on a single point.  Or a prism where the light is split into its component colours.

The small image below is a photogram of a heart shaped glass ring container. The facets cut in the glass  have created the pattern.

 


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Transparent Liquids
Even mixes of coloured oil, wax, blood, water and other liquids  can be applied onto a glass sheet and then laid onto the paper to be exposed.

The object to use most of all use  your imagination.

 

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