Re: How many gum layers (Re: ferri sesquichlorati)

[Katharine Thayer <kthayer@pacifier.com>]

On Oct 24, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Katharine Thayer wrote:

> So, until someone shows me something more interesting, I'll  
> continue to say that the only way to do that is with multiple  
> printing.
Correction:  I'd rather say that until someone shows me something  
more interesting, I'll continue to say that the only way I know of to  
do that is with multiple printing (since I've never yet been able to  
achieve Marek's level of success with back-printing).
kt



> On Oct 24, 2006, at 8:20 AM, Ender100@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> > While I understand the method of printing shadows and printing  
> > highlights seperately,  to some degree, I would guess that this  
> > was done because the density range of most negatives far exceeded  
> > the shorter exposure scale of gum  I would think that might be  
> > revisited, since the density range and exposure scale can be  
> > matched easily now.
> >
> > Best Wishes,
> > Mark Nelson
> >
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> > PDNPrint Forum at Yahoo Groups
> > www.MarkINelsonPhoto.com
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> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/24/06 9:37:29 AM, kthayer@pacifier.com writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Then there's a school of thought that says you should make a contact
> > > negative that brings the tonal scale of the original negative  
> > > down to
> > > the short range of gum,  but that's never made sense to me  because
> > > you lose so much of the subtlety when you do that; I prefer to print
> > > all the tones in the original negative.  So far, the only way I've
> > > ever seen to get subtle  tonal gradation throughout a long tonal
> > > scale (with the one exception of Marek's back-printed flowers) is
> > > multiple printing, as described above.