Re: getting more contrast out of pt/pd developer

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From: Carl Weese (cweese@earthlink.net)
Date: 01/12/03-08:42:13 PM Z


>

> Tried Na2 - i.e. sodium platinum yet? It works wonders for increasing
> contrast at the expense of some image warmth. It will make very thin
> negatives printable without a lot of the usual side effects.

Clay,

A workshop student just a few weeks ago showed me some test wedges he'd made
with this stuff. The contrast went up, and the tonality of the increased
contrast tests looked like sandpaper.

The way to get the right contrast is in the negative. And it ain't even
difficult to do.

---Carl


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