Magic Halo Antique Ambrotype, Young Girl in Calico Dress Ballantine chicago I love the loop handle

I love the loop handle tail

And I love photographing them

There is a bit of dust I failed to wipe away that shows in a couple of images

Kelly was known for studies of birds and animals

which has accrued quite a patina

Magic Halo Antique Ambrotype, Young Girl in Calico Dress Ballantine chicago I love the loop handleI'm really into the effects of degradation that can emerge on ambrotypes and daguerreotypes over time, often feeling as if revealing something about the interior life (of after life!) of the subject. This I think is a very nice example, with bluish halo like ring perfectly following the oval of the frame above this young girl, and then exactly tracing the the hem of her skirt below to me looking as if encircling her in order to beam her up, while her