RE: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints
Dan, Maybe you need to take it up the road and have someone bless it at Woodstock and let some other spirits come forth. : ) Eric Neilsen Photography 4101 Commerce Street Suite 9 Dallas, TX 75226 http://e.neilsen.home.att.net http://ericneilsenphotography.com Skype ejprinter > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Burkholder [mailto:fdanb@aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 2:57 PM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: My first platinum-palladium over gold leaf prints > > Hey Mark, > > Darn! I just tried shining a strong construction light through some of > the gold leaf and, you're right, the transmitted light has an eerie > cyan shade. Who'd a thunk it?! The only side effect was the unexpected > appearance of spirits from the past. Best to use the gold with > reflected light me thinks; Edward Curtis isn't much of a guest as it > turns out. ;^) > > Thanks for the intriguing sidebar. > > Dan > > info@DanBurkholder.com > www.DanBurkholder.com > > On Feb 15, 2008, at 8:22 AM, Mark MacKenzie wrote: > > > Another thing, Dan have you transilluminated your gilded print with > > a very strong light in a darkened room yet? Gold leaf when > > transilluminated by a strong light (how strong, I don't know, > > haven't tried it) first absorbs the light energy, passes it through > > itself in some other form and then re-emits it on the other side in > > a monochromatic green color known as "atomic light". As far as I am > > aware it is the only instance of such a reaction. Perhaps the > > standard leaf may be too thick for this but you never know. If you > > try it let me know what the overall effect is, it might be rather > > interesting.
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