From: Alan Bucknam (alan@notchcode.com)
Date: 01/12/03-05:56:11 PM Z
Trust me, I'd love to have gotten it right in the first place.
-Alan
On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 03:36 PM, Carl Weese wrote:
> Alan,
>
> You may get more contrast by diluting the developer, but it will come
> at the
> cost of unpredictable density and gritty tonality. Just as other
> contrast
> methods tend to have a negative impact on print quality. Overall, the
> best
> way to increase the contrast of your platinum prints is to develop your
> negatives longer. If a standard (not pyro) negative is developed to the
> general vicinity of platinum range but lacks the snap you want,
> selenium
> intensification is very effective. Getting it right in the first place
> is a
> lot simpler though.---Carl
> --
> web site with picture galleries
> and workshop information at:
>
> http://home.earthlink.net/~cweese/
>
> ----------
>> From: Alan Bucknam <alan@notchcode.com>
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Subject: getting more contrast out of pt/pd developer
>> Date: Sun, Jan 12, 2003, 3:52 PM
>>
>
>> I've been doing the usual trick of increasing contrast in my pt/pd
>> prints by reducing the developer temperature, but has anyone
>> experimented with getting more contrast via diluting the developer
>> itself? I thought I saw something mentioned to that effect in the
>> alt-photo archives, but wanted to hear from someone about it
>> specifically.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>
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