mmatusz@pdq.net
Date: 09/24/03-10:39:10 AM Z
Sounds to me like your negatives might be a problem. Try exposing the
piece of sensitized paper for twice your current exposure, no negative. Do
the browns get any darker? If your browns get darker with longer exposure
it would point to not having enough density in your negatives. Once you
have determined that your negatives have a correct density range you can
start searching for other clues. Being a non photographer it would be
difficult to judge the correct density range needed for the Van Dyke
process.
Marek
> I am using inkjet transparencies, doubled, as negatives. I am getting
> quite a good tonal range, but the images are just too light overall, I
> want DARK prints. I am sure it is the mix that is the problem. I am not a
> photographer by the way, but using this more as a background image to
> print on (I am a printmaker, hence my lack of technical terminology!).
>
> Also, my paper is not sized with gelatin or cornstarch, anyone know if
> this may help get a darker tone?
>
> I was hoping I might fix the problem by increasing quantities of one of
> the chemicals.
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