From: Eric Neilsen (e.neilsen@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 05/10/00-12:52:45 PM Z
Nick, It may also be in the contact between your negative and paper. RC paper is quite smooth. I flaw i see quite often with students of platinum printing is to make negatives that have the correct range but fail to properly expose and develop the film to hold
the detail in the shadows. As Kerik points out, if the shadow areas don't have a long enough scale, they will block up. I have seen this with beginning students of digital negatives as well.
EJ Neilsen
Kerik717@aol.com wrote:
> Nick,
>
> > I was dismayed to see the the shadow detail
> > did not compare favorably.
>
> I suspect that your negatives may need a bit more exposure. If your shadows are too thin, those low values can merge and lose separation in a platinum print. Hard to say without seeing your negs, though. What is your film/developer/time/temp/ASA combination?
>
> Best,
> Kerik Kouklis
> www.Kerik.com
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