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London Eye

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After doing some experimentation (see my previous few posts), I’ve decided to try to take a photo that looks half decent before attempting manipulation. This is the London Eye as seen from across the Thames. The SX-70 camera is a fixed focal length, it is just a happy coincidence that the Thames is this wide at this point. Strangely, the London sky has been blue quite often recently.

As I’ve said before, this is a SX-70 Polaroid Manipulation. Essentially you take a shot with your Polaroid using TimeZero SX-70 film, wait about 30 minutes, then spend 10 minutes moving the emulsion around using an implement. My chosen implement is a wooden skewer that is ordinarily found in kitchens. I’ve simply scanned it using a cheap flatbed scanner, there is no other Photoshop.

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