mmatusz@pdq.net
Date: 09/24/03-10:10:57 AM Z
Jane,
Do your negatives have enough density? Do you get much darker tone with
two or 3x your current exposure?
Marek
> Darryl....,
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> What papers are you recommending? What do you think of Arches Aquarelle
> 140# Cold Press? Same in Hot Press? Or the same in Rough? Should
> additional sizing be used over what comes manufactured in the paper?
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> Thanks,
>
> Bob
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> On Wednesday, September 24, 2003, at 08:29 AM, Baird, Darryl wrote:
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>> What paper are you using? There can be a world of difference in tonal
>> separation between various papers.
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>> Darryl
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Taylor, Jane [mailto:taylor74@marshall.edu]
>> Sent: Wed 9/24/2003 11:11 AM
>> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>> Cc:
>> Subject: Van Dykes
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>> I am working on a series of van-dyke brown prints. I have used the
>> standard mix of ferric ammonium citrate, tartaric acid, and silver
>> nitrate, in the usual recommended quantities, mixed 1:1:1 , fixing it
>> for a minute in very dilute sodium thiosulphate.
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>> I have tried various exposures, but at darkest, it is giving me a dull
>> mid brown. I want to achieve that really rich blackish brown, any idea
>> if there's a way to get this with the chemicals I am using...can I
>> change the ratios of the mix to get a darker tone?
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>> Jane.
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