[alt-photo] Re: platinum never a dull moment

[etienne garbaux]

Christina wrote:

>Question for all you platinum printers:  do you ever tone platinum, 
>and with what if you do?

Historically, they were often toned with gold to produce a cooler 
tone (dead black through purple).  I often do the same, not being a 
particular fan of warm-tone prints.  However, if you just want dead 
black, you can get that by adjusting the developer chemistry and temperature.

Note that both are true only for pure Pt prints -- once you add Pd, 
you can't get dead black just with developer and you can get some 
strange and unattractive colors with gold toning.

Best regards,

etienne