Having successfully transferred the laser prints of my photos onto aluminium plate, the next step is etching in copper sulfate/salt. To improve the etch I put the etching solution in a plastic box and that into a bowl of hot water thus raising the temperature of the etch. In etching this series of plates I found that I could get 2 etches from 500cc of solution before the solution loses its potency.
The “clouds” were added using a vegetable oil as the resist – applied with a feather.
The plates are displayed below.
![etched-plate-dalesfalls_jan2019-7994](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_c185e84fd83b455fa1aaa0de97d9186d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1569,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_c185e84fd83b455fa1aaa0de97d9186d~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-exmoortree_jan2019-7991](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_744e7d6a94514c71adb70ec35f12b4ce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_869,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_744e7d6a94514c71adb70ec35f12b4ce~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-exmoortree2_jan2019-7993](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_d9b55c2e38094fa9aaf42aaf984a453f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_718,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_d9b55c2e38094fa9aaf42aaf984a453f~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-hartland_jan2019-7989](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_160e8d349f2a4081b5de41afbb59b6d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1378,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_160e8d349f2a4081b5de41afbb59b6d6~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-wharfdaletree_jan2019-7994](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_f675e9ca2adb41b4a50ec5e4fc0ddb98~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1466,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_f675e9ca2adb41b4a50ec5e4fc0ddb98~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-whealcoates_jan2019-7990](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_e29c872458914551b583cdd18bedffca~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1544,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_e29c872458914551b583cdd18bedffca~mv2.jpg)
![etched-plate-willows_jan2019-7988](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5cf88b_92b7c71a971f4c9d9f8df7bacd05fcd8~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_559,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/5cf88b_92b7c71a971f4c9d9f8df7bacd05fcd8~mv2.jpg)
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