mystery fog (wavelike fog pattern)

There are no light leaks, it's the collodion.  I am not coating it smooth enough.  I think I will just work with the small plates and create diptychs instead.  The bigger plates are harder to coat evenly.  

the conversion

I had a hard time with the 8" x 10 "camera. I think it has a few light leaks in it. I kept getting a fog over my images. This one came out the best. Well actually it was the one out of two which survived. The other one has a smudge on Nate's forehead from water mixing with the varnish.

l'breakfast bisquit

l'assassino number one

Caravaggio l'assassino

In, Death of a Virgin 1605-1606 much of the background is taken up by these immense, deep red curtains.  Single lighting and a stage-like setting.  Are we witnessing a crime or the staging of one?  Maybe I should try large curtains, but contemporary ones like tweety-bird or star wars.  How can I kill the aura of the ambrotype?   This is getting way too kitch.  Ordinary not kitchy.  Create a stage without curtains.  Aha the auditorium.