Re: gold toning van dyke browns

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From: Dina Fraioli (ladyoflemon@hotmail.com)
Date: 01/24/02-09:19:06 AM Z

thank-you so much for the good pointers ;)

-Dina

>From: Andre Fuhrmann <Andre.Fuhrmann@uni-konstanz.de>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: gold toning van dyke browns
>Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:09:30 +0100
>
>>Can anyone give me advice on gold toning for van dyke browns?
>
>
>
>I did it repeatedly with good results. First give the print a good
>wash after exposure, then drop it into a gold bath. (Yes, you should
>tone before fixing!) Tonal shift starts almost immediately. I use
>ready-made gold toner (Tetenal). Afterwards fix and wash as usual.
>Main advantage: additional contrast control, deeper shadows, print
>fades very much less during fixing. Vandykes may also be toned using
>selenium (e.g. from Kodak) 1:100. This is much cheaper but somewhat
>difficult to control -- and most people (including myself) like the
>tonal range of gold toning better.
>
>André

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