I should've been more clear...I'm getting better
gum results from palladium negs than using less contrasty negs
for gum. My palladium prints print wonderfully with the palladium negs
;-)
This would be a huge advantage for me, in not
having to keep track of two different styles of digital negatives.
Now, I'm wondering how the palladium negs will work
with tri-color gum...only one way to find out!
Paul
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Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:20
PM
Subject: gum negatives redux
> Hi all...
>
> I'm getting much better results using my
QTR inkjet palladium negatives for
> pure gum purposes. Detail is much
sharper with these contrasty negs and I'm
> getting a pretty full range
of tones.
>
> Exposures with 1:1 gum/dichromate ratio (pot di) are
6-7 min for highlights,
> 2 1/2 min for shadows and mids somewhere btw
those.
>
> This is for exposure in full blazing blue sky sun,
Southern California
> style.
>
> Still adjusting and
experimenting, but happy to have a printing day that is
> not frustrating
;-)...of course, it's not over yet.
>
> Paul
>