Bob Walkden wrote: > Hi, > > Nice card. Are you thinking of solarization?
annsan replies: hmmm. maybe, but maybe also " Mackey (sp?) lines" is what I was thinking. I don't think, though, that this was something intentional. I would guess that the alteration may indicate insufficient fixing (whatever the result is called). Could this happen from years of exposure to the sun? Or just extreme age and poor fixing? Ann ponders.... > > > --- > > Bob > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tuesday, June 18, 2002, 6:10:31 PM, you wrote: > > > This is a postcard I'm going to put up on ebay. When held at a slant > > the black stuff on the > > boats and the online of the boat with the sail turns silver. The card > > is from roughly 1910 -1912. > > I want to put in my description what this phenomenon is called and I'll > > be damned if I can remember > > the term is for it. I'm including the URLS for the scan I'm going to > > use, though the effect isn't > > clear in it, of course, because it lay flat on the scanner. > > > http://users.rcn.com/annsan/clearlakepostcard.jpg > > > thanks! > > annsan - she who is missing a few gray cells > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
