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Van Dyke Brown #4
Skywards.
A specimen Larch (Larix decidua) in the woodlands of Knoydart.
Van Dyke Brown #3
The abandoned Shieling of Torcuileain, Knoydart.
Van Dyke Brown #2
I’ve spent the last couple of days experiementing with the Van Dyke process.
Van Dyke Brown
Van Dyke Brown process.
The Vandyke brown print is based on the first iron-silver process, the argentotype, invented in 1842 by the English astronomer, Sir John Herschel. Both processes utilize the action of light on ferric salts and their chemistry is very similar. The Vandyke process gets its name from its similarity in color to the deep brown pigment used by the Flemish painter Van Dyck.