Re: Van Dyke Toning
Richard Sullivan (richsul@roadrunner.com)
Sun, 29 Jun 1997 15:29:14 -0600
>Bob,
>When I first started printing in Alt. Processes years ago, I used
>sunlight as my light source. I tried gold toning VDB prints and got a
>beautiful split tone effect; lavender in the highlights and chocolate
>black in the deep shadows.On the image that I used (night scene of old
>store front with street lights) the effect was very real looking. When I
>built a bank of UV lights and tried the same treatment, using the same
>image, the split toning did not work. After ckecking all of the
>variables, chemistry, paper, etc., I could only surmise that the type of
>exposing light caused the spit tone effect. Any thoughts from the list
>would be greatly appreciated; after selling several images of this
>scene, I only have one for myself.
Perhaps it is reversing in the sunlight. I have observed that in some
alt-processes a very strong light for a short time is different than a
weaker light for longer time.
Dick Sullivan
Bostick & Sullivan
PO Box 16639, Santa Fe
NM 87506
505-474-0890 FAX 505-474-2857