2017 Solar Eclipse in Wet Plate Collodion2017 Solar Eclipse in Wet Plate Collodion, Bismarck, North Dakota 12:32pm
Solar Eclipse, August 21st, 2017 at 12:32pm, captured in the historic wet plate collodion process of pure silver on glass. 7" round glass black ambrotype, f45, <1 second of exposure with manual lens cap, Carl Zeiss 360mm lens.
A solar eclipse is very significant in the Native American culture and is held with high regard. On August 7th, 1869 a total eclipse was well documented, below is the blog post of my friend Tonweya Tokaheya (Dakota Goodhouse).
http://thefirstscout.blogspot.com/2017/08/eclipse-is-time-for-prayer-and.html
Nostalgic Glass Wet Plate Studio was founded on October 4th, 2012 by Shane Balkowitsch.