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Re: Farmer's Reducer Information.
>>When I reduce a print I always got a more contrasty print. When I
reduce a
>>film
>>I always got a more softy film. Why? Is it possible to invert the
terms?
One idea might be that when you reduce a print, the shadow details
disappear first, because there is less silver in those areas. This would
explain the higher print contrast. When you reduce a negative, and
depending on the reducer, overall contrast is reduced so you have a
softer negative.
NOW, it is homemade paper, lots of other things can be happening. I doubt
you will get constant results from batch to batch. I will assume we are
discussing negatives, here, however.
B.