From: david distefano (zfd@lightspeed.net)
Date: 12/27/02-05:43:23 PM Z
I had some time today for experimenting with palladium printing. I took
a 4x5 negative that I knew would print well and made a new image of it
for a control. The make up was 5 drops FO No. 1 and 1 drop FO No. 2 and
6 drops palladium No. 3. For the experiment I used the same FO mixture
and for the palladium I used 3 drops palladium No. 3 and 3 drops cesium
palladium used for the ziatype. I exposed both sheets of paper at the
same time which was 11 min. under a super actinic light. The standard
mixture printed as it always had but the experimental image suprised me.
I knew it would be warmer in color but the highlights where brighter(
farther up the scale) and the shadows were deeper. The upper mid tones
stayed the same except for the color. To me it looks like the
experimental print makes the same negative seem to have a longer scale.
Can someone explain why this happened? I like the experimental print
better than the control. I quess it doesn't matter why it happened
because it is sending me in a new direction with my printing.
David
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