From: Niranjan Patel (niranjan.patel@worldnet.att.net)
Date: 02/15/03-08:23:58 PM Z
I am fairly new to this list and newer still to the alternative photo
processes....having yet to make my first print. I have decided to start
with the oldest and the most basic of all processes, i.e. the salt print.
So I thought may be I will piggy-pack on this discussion.
I have been reading as much as I can find about this process on this list as
well as other web sources and several books, as I wait for all the
chemicals/papers/etc. to come together. One book, which is not an
alternative process book per se, gives a procedure that is different from
what is conventionally reported elsewhere. The book is by John
Schaefer -his Ansel Adams Guide Part II. In the book, he recommends to put
a coating of the Silver nitrate first, followed by floating in salt and the
finally a short float in a dilute (1%) Silver Nitrate. It makes sense (to
me) that this would result in a more controlled Nitrate/Chloride ratio on
the paper, perhaps giving rise to better predictability in the resulting
prints, as excess Silver Nitrate is known to play the role of a catalyst
(from what I have read) in conversion of Silver Chloride to metallic Silver
during exposure.
I was wondering if anyone on the list has tried something like that and
would care to share his/her experience/opinion on the same.
Thanks for your response.
Niranjan Patel.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
To: "Alt Photo List" <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 5:14 PM
Subject: salt print questions
> For all you salt print aficionados:
>
> 1. Is ossein gelatin better in any way than Knox?
> 2. Do those of you who do this process use a 5% or 10% fixing bath? One
or
> two baths?
> 3. Do you overexpose it 2 stops to account for lightening in the
> fixing/washing steps, or more (this equals 4 steps on a Stouffer's,
> correct)?
> 4. Does a gelatin/salt coating produce warmer or colder tones? Reilly
says
> warmer/redder but it seems other sources say colder.
> 5. Anyone use a regular Edwards light box with salt? Is it too slow?
> 6. Anyone try printing toward the sun with tissue paper diffusion to
> increase contrast? Why technically does the sun produce the lowest
> contrast--caillier effect?
> 7. What's your favorite paper?
>
> Whew! I think that about does it for the moment.
> Chris
>
>
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