RE: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints
Glad to hear that worked! Don -----Original Message----- From: Rajul [mailto:eyeear@telus.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:05 AM To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints Don, I got all the updates installed but got no pt-pd over gold leaf images on Dan's website (wasted time??). Then I went after MozFF and lo and behold, all images spilled out on my screen. Ever so many thanks for the suggestion! Dan, they are brilliant! Rajul On 10-Feb-08, at 8:51 AM, Don Bryant wrote: > Try Mozilla Firefox. > > Don Bryant > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rajul [mailto:eyeear@telus.net] > Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 11:40 AM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints > > Dan, All I could see of your .com/gold image was a textured rich gray > surface with a lighter center. This was on Safari. I dare not use > Explorer because it creates freezing problems. > > Any suggestions? Thanks. Rajul > > > > On 9-Feb-08, at 6:48 PM, Dan Burkholder wrote: > >> >> >> This evening I finally photographed the first group of >> platinum/palladium over gold leaf prints. I've printed more than the >> nine on this site but these are the most successful to date. After >> doing a lot of inkjet printing over the past couple years, it felt >> very refreshing to be involved with handmade processes once again. In >> some way, this work is almost a rebellion to the direction most >> photography is taking. The prints are small (4"x6" up to 5.5"x8.5"), >> unlike the trend to giantism that the medium is experiencing. I also >> wanted to make prints with a look and feel unlike anything we can >> produce with an inkjet printer. >> >> I started testing different vellums and sizes in December and am >> starting to get a feel for what works and what doesn't. The harder >> issue (for me at least) is learning what type of images work well in >> this combination and which don't. It's like all of photography; the >> "why's" are always more difficult than the "how's." >> >> The images themselves are a mix of old and new, taking some years-old >> images that are favorites along with new work from our new home in >> upstate New York and exploring the print impact with the gold. The >> "Flatiron in Spring, New York" image is my first effort at bimetal >> gilding. The Flatiron is in palladium leaf and the rest of the print >> is in 24K gold. I'm eager to do more of this Au/Pd leafing. I gotta >> admit that there's something fun about making prints in which the >> final image is comprised of three precious metals, all of which are >> completely insensitive to light. ;^) >> >> I will be out of pocket for a couple of days and won't be able to >> reply very promptly to questions or comments. >> >> Thanks for looking here: >> >> www.DanBurkholder.com/gold >> >> Dan >> >> info@DanBurkholder.com >> www.DanBurkholder.com >> > >
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