Polaroid Transfers

Polaroid transfer is the process of moving the wet chemical negative of the Polaroid film to a porous material such as wood or paper.
The image you see here was transferred using the wet method. The wet method typically uses paper as the medium as was the case in this process.
Each transfer is a unique work of art and cannot be duplicated due to the variety of conditions that can effect the process such as room temperature, the film chemicals, the pressure applied and the time waited to release the chemicals to the paper.
Only blister pack Polaroid films such as model 669 will work using an older Polaroid camera or a slide transfer machine which was the case here.

Autumn Hike

October hikes in the woods at higher elevations can provide great color if you arrive soon enough. My most recent venture took me to Beaver Creek & Sweet Creek falls near Florence, Oregon. Normally early October provides rich fall colors. This year however fall has arrived early by about three weeks. This cold wet weather caused an early leaf fall so the best I could photograph in some places was those colors still on the ground. This is an example of dead leaves laying in a puddle near the upper Sweet Creek Falls.