Re: Ruined 3rd tricolor gum print! Grrrr...
The coarseness is mostly due to the texture of plain paper negative but I agree that cutting back the pigment will improve it somehow since it's still heavy to my eyes when compared to the yellow and magenta layers I did before. Will continue with this one anyway -> just to see what happens. Regards, Loris. 23 Eylül 2008, Salı, 12:50 am tarihinde, Katharine Thayer yazmış: > Loris, I concur that you might do well to cut the pigment back a bit > more (going by the whites of the eyes and by the coarseness of the > texture in the midtones). Reducing the pigment in the same amount of > gum, or using the same amount of pigment and adding more gum, are > essentially the same solution. > > Whether it's too dark is hard for me to say without the other colors > (I can't judge the cyan by itself without seeing how it interacts > with the other colors.) Like Henk, my tendency when printing the > cyan first is to print it too dark, so I prefer to print it last > where I can see it as part of the whole rather than as an isolated > standalone print. But as I said before, we all have different ways > of thinking about these things, and if printing the cyan first works > well for you, as it does for Keith, that's what you should do. I'll > be interested to see how the finished print turns out. > > Katharine > > > > On Sep 22, 2008, at 1:12 PM, Loris Medici wrote: > >> Thank you all people! Now I'm getting somewhere; indeed, the >> pigment was >> too much... I did another test print, see the progress below: >> >> http://www.loris.medici.name/gum/phtalo/ >> >> I think I can still cut some more pigment. The result is still too >> - not >> dark but let say -> low contrast. Of course, one reason of this is the >> fact that I'm using paper negatives -> those give low contrast >> because of >> the paper's texture. Will make another try (after finishing this one) >> using less dichromate (10% instead of 20%) and slightly more exposure >> (19mins, ~ +1/3 stop) and see what happens. I think I can use slightly >> more contrast in the shadows. >> >> Thank you all again! >> >> I liked much Keith's approach and will continue that way. Katharine's >> explanation about her workflow is also logical and was noted. I noted >> Chris' "dilute the coating solution" suggestion too and may try it >> later >> according to the current situation... >> >> Please provide your comments about the images above. >> >> Thanks in advance & best regards, >> Loris.
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