From: Carl Weese (cweese@earthlink.net)
Date: 07/01/02-06:28:43 AM Z
Philippe,
If the detail you want is being lost in the texture of the paper surface,
then a smoother sizing could be helpful. However, you may be able to have
better results by improving your negative. For example, if you are using
Ilford HP5+, switching to FP4+ will increase the micro-contrast of the
negative in a way that will almost certainly show up on the print. Switch to
a high accutance developer and the microcontrast will go up again. Go to a
pyro formula and the perception of sharpness and contrast in the fine
details of the print will again be enhanced. If you are doing everything
possible to foster microcontrast in your negatives and still want more, then
a switch to a harder, smoother surface paper may help. I'd leave additional
sizing as a last resort. Platine, btw, is sized with starch, not gelatin, so
I don't know what would happen if you add an external size of gelatin to the
paper's internal sizing.---Carl
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>From: Monnoyer Philippe <monnoyer@imec.be>
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: crispy microdetails on print
>Date: Mon, Jul 1, 2002, 7:14 AM
>
> Hi Folks,
>
> I am currently printing in pure palladium on Arches Pt. I am quite
> satisfied. However, I would like to increase the microdetails on my
> print. I guess that I could achieve it by an additional sizing of the
> paper with gelatin.
> Any experience to share on concentrations etc ? .... and if possible a
> straight forward simple method. As one says, Keep it simple ...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Philippe
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