Re: Re: My first attempt - digital negatives.

The transparent OHP is for Plt/Pla. The Pictorico High Gloss White is for silver printing. He has it right.

George
>
> From: Tom Sobota <tsobota@teleline.es>
> Date: 2005/02/11 Fri AM 10:12:21 GMT
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: My first attempt - digital negatives.
>
> Ehud,
>
> The material you should be using for negatives is Pictorico OHP
> (Overhead projection) which
> is transparent. Have a look at what Burkholder says here:
>
> http://www.danburkholder.com/Pages/misc_pages/inkjetneg.htm
>
> The material itself is described here:
> http://www.pictorico.com/category/3-OHP-Transparency-Film.htm
>
> With this, your times will certainly go down :-)
>
> Good luck
> Tom Sobota
>
> Ehud Yaniv wrote:
>
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >I have been trying to make digital negatives for silver printing, while I am
> >learning photography and until I can move to alt-processes.
> >
> >I have been using Pictorico High Gloss White and the Dan Burkholder Inkjet
> >Companion template with an Epson 1280 printer and stock inks. So far I have
> >made 4 negatives and yesterday I got to try to print one during my basic
> >darkroom class.
> >
> >I have not yet made a final print due to the end of class but I was up to 5
> >minutes and 20 seconds with 70 magenta in the colour head of the enlarger at
> >f4 and 50 mm lens. The enlarger height was set to 70 and the light was
> >focussed through an empty 35 mm film holder.
> >
> >My question, is this length of time unusual? I think I still need to add
> >about 20 % more time to get some separation between the 0 and 5 % on the
> >included step wedge.
> >
> >Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted as I have limited darkroom time
> >as I still need to do assignments to complete the course.
> >
> >Ehud
> >
> >PS: Yesterday I learned to dodge and burn for the first time. It was
> >actually quite wonderful to make some fine changes to a photograph. That is
> >to say, to have some - limited, control. I still felt like I was all
> >thumbs.
> >
> >__________
> >Ehud Yaniv
> >Still Light Photography
> >www.still-light.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on Fri Feb 11 06:59:10 2005