Copyright © 2004 by Tom Ferguson

Disappearing Orchids
Multiple in camera exposures allowed the orchids to fade. The background on this is one of my wife Karen's abstract painting. Every once in a while she paints a few of these for me to use as backgrounds.

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Platinum Palladium Photograph
Edition of 25
8x10 inches, matted to 16x20 inches
$300 unframed

Camera: Burke and James 11x14 with 8x10 reducing back
Lens: Wollensak 250mm
Triple exposure for transparent flowers
Film: T-Max 400
Development: Plus 1
Paper: Platinotype
Chemistry: Bostick and Sullivan