I printed a fly today

[vet173]

catch a fly, put it in the freezer for 15 min, then you can do a series.

[glbeas]

I've printed a fly too, but not the same way. I was working at a print shop running a newsprint web press. While starting a run a fly apparently landed on the plate and got squashed. As the plate dampened and ink was applied there was a perfect image of the pancake fly on the paper for several hundred sheets until it finally washed off the plate.

[claytume]

Excellent! Can we see?

I'll post it later today when I get a chance.

Clayton

[philldresser]

There was an old man who printed a fly.
I dunno why he printed that fly,
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who printed a spider,
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly -
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who printed a bird;
How absurd, to print a bird!
he printed the bird to cover the spider
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly -
Perhaps he'll die

There was an old man who printed a cat.
Imagine that, he printed a cat.
he printed the cat to cover the bird ...
he printed the bird to cover the spider
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly
Perhaps he'll die

There was an old man who printed a dog.
What a hog! To print a dog!
he printed the dog to cover the cat...
he printed the cat to cover the bird ...
he printed the bird to cover the spider
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who printed a goat.
and had to give the paper a second coat!
he printed the goat to cover the dog ...
he printed the dog to cover the cat.
he printed the cat to cover the bird ...
he printed the bird to cover the spider
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who printed a cow.
I don't know how he printed a cow!
he printed the cow to cover the goat... he printed the goat to cover the dog...
he printed the dog to cover the cat...
he printed the cat to cover the bird ...
he printed the bird to cover the spider
That managed to wriggle inside his enlarger.
he printed the spider to cover the fly.
But I dunno why he printed that fly
Perhaps he'll die.

There was an old man who printed a horse -
he used Sean's enlarger of course.

[Andy K]

Most chuckleworthy Phil!

[raucousimages]

I built a darkroom sink for the University of Utah in 1989. It was fiberglass over wood. 6 in. deep 36 in wide and 32 feet long. We did the resin in a single pour. With all the windows open the smell seemed to attract insects. They would fly low over the sink pass out and drop into the wet resin. we must of had 6 or 7 flys and numerous mosquitos and other bugs in the mix. Maybe they just love the darkroom like us.

[Ronald Moravec]

I printed a few hairs in my life. They always fall across an eye or something.

[claytume]

ok.........here he is.......this is a small section of a panorama which I'll post next.

Clayton

[claytume]

Here's the whole panorama in sections.......the real thing is one image shot with a scanning film camera, neg size is 60 x 300mm.

Clayton

[colrehogan]

Cool!

Attack of the Killer Fly!