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Published: 2006-03-22 07:39:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 883; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 58
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Polaroid SX-70 Manipulation (all done by hand then, scanned for printing).Related content
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It's so rare nowadays to see a manually manipulated photo! You've done a fantastic job with both the photo itself and editing it; the composition of the photo is great with the shadow and the vivid red of the tulips is gorgeous, and the way you added texture makes the photo so visually intriguing overall.
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This is such an amazing photo. The lighting is gorgeous, and your manipulations look just perfect. I'd just like to let you know that I included this in my news article, Fabulous Flowers: Featured! [vol. 9] . Great job!
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nice job with the manipulation... not an easy thing to do well...
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many thanks - its a fun process. too bad they stopped making that film.
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yeah... it is breaking my heart...
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OOohhh I love this, how the background fades around the flowers and it's lighter there, and how it looks brush strokey, and it's just beautiful!
I wishlisted it!
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this is really beautiful. the lighting and the pictures are lovely.
the colors are really great too. the soft colors really make the red of the flowers pop.
what did you use to create the textures?
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thank you - the process of making a manipulated sx-70 creates some textural wierdness all its own. In this case, I used a bone burnisher, and an old bent sugar spoon to work the emulsion around. I'm quite fond of this one.
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Oh wow this is cool!
I was thinking of buying that Polaroid until I heard the film was being discontinued - now I dunno what to do, it appears to be the Polaroid with the most features and now there won't be anything to feed it wth anymore - do you know an alternative?
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Nope - there are ways to modify the cameras and film packs to allow it to use the 600 series films - but those don't allow manipulation like time-zero. I've got a few boxes of film stockpiled in the fridge, but they won't last long. Luckily I can still get my fix for some polaroid fun using the 4x5 sheet films - but it's still not the same.
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Gah, that suchs, they always discontinue the good things it seems.
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dude, this is mind bogglingly beautiful. it was worth starting that forum thread just to see this. 
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Thanks! It is one of my better non-product still-lifes I think.
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The piece looks stunning, and the process you have gone through to manipulate it sounds wonderful - it does indeed seem a shame that they are discontinuing the film!
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Wow. Really well done. I'm not familair with how darkroom is done. I'm digital. But this is very effective. I love it
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heh - it's truly digital (in that I used my fingers. 
This type of polaroid film hardens slowly, so you have some time during which you can use various tools (pens, burnishers, rusty spoons, etc) to actually push the developing image around, soften it, scratch it, etc.
The reds tend to harden first, then yellows, greens and blues... so over the course of 10 minutes you have some control over what you can do. It's a blast.
Too bad they are discontinuing the film (time-zero film).
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Man, that sounds so neat. I'd rather hands on.
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