From: shannon stoney (sstoney@pdq.net)
Date: 04/08/02-07:53:57 AM Z
>Hi All,
>
>Maybe this is often asked but here is my question:
>How to avoid a cyanotype print to readily dissapear in a blue particles
>cloud in the first water bath.
>I just started cyanotype printing w/ Mike Ware recipe (but twice as
>concentrated)and the image does not remain on the paper when processed
>...
>Any suggestions ?
How terrible! The only thing I can think of is that maybe you're not
exposing the paper long enough? You have to WAY overexpose, past the
point where the image appears, to the point that the darks are
solarizing.
The way I gauge it is, I have a step tablet in the frame with the
negative and paper. When the steps below the eighth step are mostly
solarized, but the ones above it are not, it's ready. The other day
this was taking thirty minutes, on a cloudy day. Another day it
appeared to be clear but the exposures were still twenty minutes.
This makes a fairly dark print, that I then tone. Toning takes away
some of the overexposure in the darks. If you aren't planning to
tone, maybe expose until the seven or six is not solarized yet.
--shannon
>
>Thanks,
>
>Philippe Monnoyer
>Belgium
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