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Re: development for alt-process
Jeffrey wrote:
>shannon stoney wrote:
>> I am still working on figuring out a development time for negatives for
>> cyanotypes and palladium.
>
>I just finished an update to my information on simultaneous exposure and
>development control in my guide. Is there any reason why you cannot
>figure this out when provided with a step-by-step procedure to do so?
>Do you not have access to the internet to read my guide?
>
>How can one be truly serious about the use of a photographic process, if
>they will not break away from pursuit of some "magic" number?
>
>Shannon, if you truly wish to learn, then learn. I really feel people
>would be providing you a disservice to spoon feed you any more
>development times.
>
Sorry to bother you, but the guideline in your guide, to wit:
>Notes:
> If negatives are being produced
>for the Pt/Pd process for
> the first time, normal development
>should be approximated
> at about twice the time for silver
>printing.
didn't work for me. My negatives were way too dense. So, I was looking
for another rough ballpark guideline. I thought that was what this list was
for.
--shannon