What Is This Blue Stuff?
Some of the negatives in my collection, most notably those from the 1940's, have weird blue specks on them. What is this blue stuff? Is there any way to get rid of it?
posted by Ookpik at 3:18 PM
Saturday, June 25, 2005
Some of the negatives in my collection, most notably those from the 1940's, have weird blue specks on them. What is this blue stuff? Is there any way to get rid of it?
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- Name: Ookpik
- Location: Michigan, United States
I began my interest in vernacular photography by a chance acquisition of over 10,000 negatives dating from the late 1920's through the early 1970's. Luckily, I knew what I had was something more than "someone's old pictures." This cache of old images became the impetus for me to create two Photoblogs: Ookpik’s Negativity and Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes. Ookpik’s Negativity contains photos that I would like to know more about while Mystery Ships Of The Great Lakes features photos of ships that I am trying to identify.
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2 Comments:
These aren't so much specks as they are breaks in the emulsion. This is common with film stored in attics where they suffer under high temperatures. Treat your negatives like onions. A dark, cool and dry place is best.
I Have the same thing on many of my old family slides from late 1950 thru 1960. I thought it was some kind of fungus. I was hoping that someone knew how to get rid of these as well, but if it is cracks in the emulsion then I don't think there is anything that can be done except to scan and restore digitally. Photshop is my friend.
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