{"id":4843,"date":"2020-11-07T23:13:06","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/?p=4843"},"modified":"2020-11-07T23:25:49","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T22:25:49","slug":"my-time-machine-is-functioning-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/archives\/4843","title":{"rendered":"My time machine is functioning well"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Using dry plate technology from the 1880s I feel drawn to anything from the Victorian era. Living in Edinburgh we are blessed with such subjects which is good because the current Covid-19 restrictions mean I can&#8217;t leave the city. Today I photographed the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Forth_Bridge\">Forth Rail Bridge<\/a> (opened 1890) and the result is convincingly late 19th Century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"803\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975-803x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975-803x1024.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975-502x640.jpg 502w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975-768x980.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975-1204x1536.jpg 1204w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21324975.jpg 1605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 803px) 100vw, 803px\" \/><figcaption>Forth Rail Bridge photographed November 2020 on simple bromide emulsion<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/PXL_20201107_111244911.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Time for a brew during the 16 minute exposure. Looks so mundane on the phone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A little way down the coast is a <a href=\"https:\/\/canmore.org.uk\/site\/50454\/forth-defences-inner-hound-point-battery\">First World War coastal battery.<\/a> It suits the medium very well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2-802x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4845\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2-802x1024.jpg 802w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2-501x640.jpg 501w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2-768x981.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2-1203x1536.jpg 1203w, https:\/\/www.hyam.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/img20201107_21465895-2.jpg 1604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><figcaption>Inner Hound Point WWI battery. 20 minute exposure on simple bromide emulsion  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using dry plate technology from the 1880s I feel drawn to anything from the Victorian era. Living in Edinburgh we are blessed with such subjects which is good because the current Covid-19 restrictions mean I can&#8217;t leave the city. 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