You will be shocked to read this, but sometimes I do things besides fret about my sick pets.
Today, for instance, I did all sorts of things. I took a walk. I showered. I made artichoke dip. I went to work. I ate lunch. I blinked and breathed. And I started what I hope will be some successful leaf prints.
I have been wanting to do these for years but only just now got around to it. Like the old post I linked to says, I first heard about them in 2006 when Vickie sent me a link about Binh Danh, who uses film negatives and photosynthesis to make images on leaves. Eric, Dan, and I went to see him speak at UT not too long after that, and we got all excited and rounded up a bunch of transparencies and clamps and glass plates and...never did a goddamn thing with them.
Until today!
Here is an office plant with giant leaves in front of an east window.
Here is a transparency printout of a polar bear, the most contrasty thing I could think of.
And here we have one of the polar bear images affixed to a southern-facing leaf.
I did three, hoping to increase my chances of a clean image a little bit.
In theory, the black spots will block the light and cause those parts of the leaf to yellow while the transparent parts will stay green. I probably should have reversed the image, but I think this will still work ok.
And now I just have to wait for science and luck to do their things.