A post by a friend reminded me that I have a bit of a guilty pleasure of appreciating old flying machines. I realise aviation isn't the most environmentally friendly, but short local flights at low speed by lightweight aircraft are a far cry from intercontinental flights by large airliners weighing many tons, up in the stratosphere.
I figured if I was going to photograph a vintage aircraft, it might be fun to reproduce the image using vintage techniques.
This is a cyanotype, bleached then toned in strong tea, and hand painted with watercolour paints, so an iconic British aircraft reproduced using chemistry discovered by Sir John Herschel, then toned in that quintessential of English drinks, tea.
I suspect this aircraft will be participating in Classic Fighters in a couple of weeks at Easter.
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