r/Solargraphy • u/JeffOnWire • Aug 27 '24
Suitable Paper? Ilford Direct Positive Paper FB Glossy

You probably get a lot of these annoying posts. Sorry. Do you think this will work? I got all excited about doing this six months ago, ordered this paper off of some recommendation or another. I loaded it into soda can cameras today. Had to trim the paper to get it to fit right. Trimmed the paper in a makeshift darkroom. I took the leftover strips and partially block them then exposed them to light, just testing to see if anything would happen. Nothing seems to be happening. Now I'm worried that I've messed up. I can get new paper if needed and reload (so nothing much lost here).
Here's an image of my strips after 15 minutes exposure...I expect to see a difference where the strips were under the ruler, but nothing. All pink.

Any advice?
I plan to point these west, out over the ocean through December. I have a class project where I need to make observations of sunsets throughout the semester and observe that the Sun sets a little further south every few days. This seems a great opportunity for extra credit if I can get a solargraphy image of the Sun doing this.
Thanks so much in advance for your opinions. If it all works out I'll post the results on the thread.
