RE: Spotting Alt Prints

Dave,

Clear sky areas are the ones that come to mind first and white spots and
snakes flying through the sky don't make me happy. Miss matched colors
are very noticeable in those areas. Especially if I have used opaque on
the film to produce a white spot to begin with. And it is painful to not
be able to finish an otherwise perfect print.

If I can cut corners I will, so spots that can be blended less than
perfectly are okay. Also seems like sky area spotting will invite halos.

Thanks,

Don

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Rose [mailto:cactuscowboy@bresnan.net]
> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:31 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Spotting Alt Prints
>
> On rare occasions I've spotted my gum prints with Spotone. I works
nicely
> to obliterate tiny white 'dust spots'. Exact color matching is not
> necessary with such minor flaws.
>
> Dave in Wyoming
>
> > > Also what about spotting gum prints and gum overs with complex
colors?
> > > Thanks,
> > > Don Bryant
> >
> > Hi Don,
> > Long time no talk :)
> > 1. If you are a good color mixer, you can also just dab each
color
> in
> > dots, one on top of another, and add a little bit of dark and warm
to
> the
> > mix. Mixing this on a white tile really helps to see the color you
have.
> > 2. If you could (this is more complex), with each layer you do,
you
> > would spot with the color used. For instance, you can have a little
> extra
> of
> > the gum/pigment/sensitizer mix, and brush it on a piece of paper and
> expose
> > it. Soak it, and pick up some of that soft guck to spot your spot
with.
> If
> > you just spot with the color plain without exposure and without
added
> > dichromate it can be lighter, brighter, and a tad cooler than the
> > dichromate-hardened and somewhat darkened layer on the print needing
> > spotting.
> > 3. Some just add dichromate to the color and gum and spot and
> expose
> > that on the print, too.
> > 4.Or you could just say it is an artistic spot caused by paper
> bumps
> > and leave it at that...
> > I bet this is way more than you wanna know.
> > Chris
>
Received on Fri Feb 13 23:18:43 2004