From: Eric Neilsen (e.neilsen@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/30/02-11:03:48 PM Z
Chris, Since you are not really interested in the quality of the color I
would "pull" the whole concept a bit further. Try over exposing by 1/2
to 1 1/2 Stops and pulling back two. This will open up your slides.
The color will shift all over the place but unless you plan to use them
to project, I think that this would be a quick fix for you. You can go
up until the highlights can't be pulled back, that should give you a
flatter smoother positive.
Eric Neilsen Photography
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-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Lovenguth [mailto:chrisml@pacbell.net]
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:58 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Suggestions on how to keep highlights from overexposing on
daguerreotypes.
Hi all, I have a dilemma that sounds simple to fix but I don't really
think
it's all that simple. Pretty much my highlights (white with detail) in
my
daguerreotypes I'm printing from chromes are blowing out and solarizing.
To
see what I mean, if you want no obligation, take a look here:
www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/clovenguth/
Now I'm going to try the basic steps to fix this. First I'm thinking
about
dodging the highlights, my exposure of the plate only last about 15-20
seconds. The thing is that I think the highlights are solarizing at
about
5-8 seconds in to it since chromes have no base fog. The other idea I
have
had is to underexpose my film. I don't really have the capabilities to
develop slide film at home so I am just getting normal development done
at a
lab. It's been awhile but what would happen if I exposed the film normal
and
then had the film developed pushed? Would that do anything to the
highlights
like add density? Like I said it's been awhile since I worked with
chrome
and have forgotten what pushing and pulling will do.
Besides these two options are there any I'm forgetting? Of course the
last
option would be to keep the solarization, which is starting to grow on
me
but is flatting out the subjects which bothers me compositionally.
Any ideas would be appreciated. Thanks -Chris
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