RE: Lumin prints tests

Ok, I did one more test to see how much, if any, the heat, humidity,
length of time, etc. were a part of the end results. I took the same
Ilford Warmtone FB paper and placed in contact in a BLB UV box (made
by Letraset) for a total of 30 minutes... in six minute increments as
allowed by the box's timer. This took me over a three hour period as I
was busy with other matters and would walk by the printer and kick it
on as I passed by. What is interesting is the areas of lesser contact
provided a richer magenta hue. I'm including the full image plus
closeups which shows an area of poor and good contact (-- note the few
leaf holes also produced magenta halos.)

The images can be viewed at
http://www.darrylbaird.com/ALT/ContactSheet02.jpg

Darryl Baird

-----Original Message-----
From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net]
Sent: Mon 9/5/2005 10:07 AM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: Re: Lumin prints tests
 
Charles,
I agree with Ben; just to ease your fears, she is not on this list :)
and
I'll still be letting her discover her own things even though I am
finding
out all these wonderful things from the several of you that are
testing
this. So report away.

It seems these might factor into the colors:
moisture?
heat? (Burchfield in the direct equatorial sun)
paper and age of paper?
time?
fixer type? Here, since there is dramatic bleaching in the fix, are
you all
using the more alkaline fix recipe I shared, or regular rapid fix?
How long
in the fix and continual agitation?

When I did this with negatives, my fix preserved the vivid terra
cottas and
yellows and mauves and peaches and pinks of the papers I used (not
outdated), and so it is probably more paper dependent than age of
paper
dependent, I bet. Forte was wonderful...
Chris
> I just realized that by making these tests I was really stealing
the
> student's term project! I'm embarassed. I'll make no further posts
on
> this
> topic till the term is over and the student has worked out her
project.
> Charles, Portland Or.
>