Re: gum negatives redux
Yeah, I'd say hit it with a really heavy pigment concentration for a
short time for darker shadows. What's your pigment?
kt
On Sep 12, 2009, at 5:00 PM, Paul Viapiano wrote:
Well, not finished yet...needs some more shadow work...but...
http://wwwflickr.com/photos/viapiano/3913318805/
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy Moore
To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca
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 -----
From: "Paul Viapiano" <viapiano@pacbell.net>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca>
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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