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71What is a Photograph
Parndon Mill taken with a Shen Hao camera on 5x4 inch, Ilford FP4+ film, Scanned on an Epson PERFECTION 4990 PHOTO into a computer and digitally manipulated with Photoshop CS4 to give the impression of an old photograph taken with a pinhole camera...
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63Starting a Bonsai, Update
Twin Trunk Maple, One Month On An update on the Japanese maple twin trunk bonsai picture article I posted in May. As can be seen, the starter bonsai maples are growing healthily; now is the time to start feeding at the dilutions recommended by...
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68Starting a Bonsai
The supermarket can be a good place to buy bonsai starter material as long as we remember that the trees are being kept indoors, so, as soon as you see them on the shelf, make your selection and buy. ...
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67The Spud
I had baked potato in its jacket last night, a big, white spud with crisped skin and lashings of fresh butter, freshly ground black pepper, and grated, mature cheddar cheese, descrumptious. Of course, spuds are also great mashed, chipped,...
13 comments69Where's my Hair
You’ve dreaded the moment all your life, staring into the bathroom mirror and the head staring back is, somehow, different, it has an adornment, something smooth and shiny; why, it’s almost as if someone has taken a duster and given your head a...
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70Bonsai from Garden Centre or Supermarket Material
Maple from Supermarket The best place to buy starter bonsai material is a bonsai nursery; however, if you are not within striking distance of a bonsai nursery, you can find suitable starter material at you local garden centre, or even supermarket,...
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75Give Bonsai a Go
Bonsai in its first year in a container from Bonsai nursery starter stock If you have ever been fascinated by those tiny trees in shallow pots, seen at garden centres and horticultural shows, give them a go, they are deceptively easy to create. Of...
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73Photographic Printing, How to Create a Real Gum Print
Quick tips on the required chemicals, safety, and equipment needed for producing photographic gum prints.
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76Photographic Printing, How to Create a Real Salt Print
Hints and tips on the chemicals, equipment and safety tips required to create photographic salt prints.
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70Dawn of Photography, even Kids can Create a Real Cyanotype
Mist at Parndon Lock, Cyanotype The cyanotype process was devised and described by the astronomer, Sir John Herschel in 1842. Herschel was a friend of Fox Talbot, the father of modern photography, and had conducted many experiments with light...
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