Name: Paula Cooper
Picture title: Dill Seed Heads
Category: Plants & Fungi
Nationality: British
Occupation: Lead Animal Health Officer Trading Standards

Paula says:
‘This is a wet cyanotype, which uses the sun to expose chemicals on paper. Dill seed heads grown in my garden were placed on top of the treated paper, followed by bubbles of soap suds, some red wine vinegar and salt. This was then covered with glass and placed outside to expose. Once I was happy with the exposure I washed the paper off and immediately photographed it while the paper was still wet and the colours were strong.

I love the way every single wet cyanotype comes out uniquely as everything reacts differently depending on the weather, the chemicals from the plants, how translucent they are and whatever else is added.’

Technical information:
Lumix G9
Lumix G macro 30mm
ISO 1600
1/125sec at f/5.6
Accessories: Handheld
Post processing: Basic adjustments in Lightroom and darkened edges in Nik software.

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