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Well, not finished yet...needs some more shadow
work...but...
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 4:34
PM
Subject: Re: gum negatives redux
Any scans or shots of the images? There has been a dearth of
new alt prints in my life as of recent.
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 2:42 PM, Paul Viapiano <viapiano@pacbell.net>
wrote:
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
----- Original Message -----
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
>
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