RE: Cyanotype formula question - Thanks thanks thanks!

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From: Ian Greant (ian@51north.com)
Date: 10/23/03-03:16:55 AM Z


Loris,

Glad to hear you have hit your own definition of success.
It can be a continually moving target at times :)

Perhaps you'll post a scan of one of your latest prints?

Cheers,
Ian

At 11:54 AM 10/23/03 +0300, you wrote:
>Dear Sam and all,
>
>I finally managed to make "wonderful" cyanotypes, clean/detailed
>highlights and open/detailed shadows - but with a very nice dMax. I
>think I found the right combination of digital negative curve (I'm using
>piezotone - quadblack - pigment inks on pictorico ohp, printer 1160, the
>curve is very different from the one supplied in Burkholder's site),
>paper and coating-developing technique. I owe much of my success to your
>very very helpful suggestions and information you've provided - without
>forgetting further help from very nice people in the alt-process list
>(Judy, Dan, Ian, Richard and many more...). I just can't beleive there
>are people like you all with so much knowledge willing to share it with
>"rookies".
>
>Cyanotype was (and will continue) a perfect tool to learn/(get into the
>world of alt-processes; very easy chemistry but a very finicky (if
>you're a perfectionist) process. The struggle to make nice cyanotypes
>was a real education for me.
>
>Thank you all,
>I really appreciate to help you provided, I'm glad I'm part of this
>list.
>
>Best regards,
>Loris.


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