Re: Mortensen Etch-A-tone
Judy Seigel (jseigel@panix.com)
Fri, 7 Jun 1996 01:16:25 -0400 (EDT)
On Thu, 6 Jun 1996, Arie Poldervaart wrote:
>... He did teach the developer-wet paper negative process as a means of
> reducing contrast in paper negatives or diapositives. The paper was soaked
> in developer before exposure. Then the paper was squeegeed out, and put
> under the enlarger. There were 2 exposures made. The first exposure
> picked up the shadows. Then the paper was allowed to develop with the
> developer that was absorbed into the paper. This formed a mask which
> prevented the shadow areas from getting any more exposure during the second
> exposure. So the second exposure only picked up light from the highlight
> areas.
Sounds like the Sterry process, described in a number of books, including
David Vestal's "Craft of Photography." With certain modifications of
timing, it's an excellent approach to "solarizing," or Sabattier printing,
which I did that way for a number of years...
Judy