RE: Lumin prints tests

Well, my thinking was that at 35X29" the leave on the lower left of the first
print (http://www.scapesite.com/ARTISTS/burchfield.html) must be about 15"
long, so there are many inquiring minds. <g>

Cheers -

george

--- "Baird, Darryl" <dbaird@umflint.edu> wrote:

> I noticed those prints were extremely large -- 35 X 29 inches. I'm
> thinking to myself that those are damned big prints and paper boxes to
> be hauling around in the Amazon. Then again, everything in the Amazon
> (like in Texas) is LARGE.
>
> Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Darryl
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christina Z. Anderson [mailto:zphoto@montana.net]
> Sent: Tue 9/6/2005 10:55 PM
> To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> Subject: Re: Lumin prints tests
>
> George, et al,
> My student is trying to put a call into Burchfield to ask the
> question: are
> the book's images, in fact, SCANNED unfixed prints, that are later
> fixed, or
> are they apres fixed? If, after all this, I find out that they are
> scanned
> before fixing, I'm going to feel cheated! But maybe, after all, in
> this
> digital age, this is a great idea??
>
> I think the person who put moisture as a factor is probably right on.
> Maybe
> even heat? In the equatorial sun?
>
> Thanks all of you for posting so much. Today I gave the student a jar
> of
> sodium thiosulfate and sodium carbonate so she can mix her own
> alkaline fix
> and see if that alleviates the bleaching. It's a semester long
> project so
> when she starts her discovery, I'll post. Thanks, Andy Duncan, for
> your
> input, too.
> Chris
>
> >I should have tried some Forte during my tests this weekend. Forte
> accepts
> > toner better than any paper I know of. I'll have to give this a
> shot
> > soon.
> >
> > I found Ilford WT to give nice colors, but also lose them after
> fixing and
> > toning. I am not sure if there is a way to keep them or not. Also,
> I
> > have
> > been using either dead leaves or negatives, thus no transfer of
> color to
> > the
> > paper. Perhaps my next few will involve some flowers so that this
> can be
> > examined.
> > Cheers -
> > george
>
> >> All,
> >> My initial experiments for the Lumin prints were on Forte Warm Tone
> (stil
> >> good for B&W printing). This is the most amazing paper (I have not
> tried
> >> Ilford WT yet) with exposed areas dark blue and shadows red to
> pink. I
> >> place the plants under the glass, but not in a contact frame. Under
> >> Houston sun, the plants release plenty of moisture and I can see
> the
> >> moist
> >> areas of the paper take a different color during exposure. I
> exposed some
> >> Forte polygrade, the result was much more of a brownish print. Most
> >> dissappointing was the Agfa MCC Classic, dull, muddy print.
> >> Marek, Houston
> >>
> >> > George,
> >> > all those test prints are on Ilford Warm Tone FB, straight out of
> the
> >> > plastic bag
> >> > FWIW, I'm waiting for about a week to fix them (top row), then
> see if
> >> > there is any improvement in the rentention of the beautiful
> colors
> >> > Darryl Baird
> >> >
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: George L Smyth [mailto:glsmyth@yahoo.com]
> >> > Subject: Re: Lumin prints tests
> >> > I played around with the some today. The results I got were not
> as
> >> > even as I
> >> > would have thought. I tried Ilford MGIV, Ilford Warm Tone, and
> two
> >> > sheets of
> >> > Brovira. I placed decayed leaved on reach and placed within
> frames.
> >> > I
> >> > expected the different papers to give me varied results, but the
> two
> >> > sheets of
> >> > Brovira came out differently, which I thought was odd. I got
> some
> >> > nice
> >> > coloration with one of them (though not nearly to the extent as
> the
> >> > images in
> >> > the link provided, which makes me wonder if they were treated
> with
> >> > S2/S30 -
> >> > unfortunately, most of the color went away with fixing and
> toning) but
> >> > nothing
> >> > with the other. Exposure time was about six or seven hours, with
> some
> >> > of the
> >> > time not being in direct sunlight.
> >> > Alas, like one other poster I, too, tossed several hundred sheets
> of
> >> > expired
> >> > paper about nine months ago in my attempt to reduce clutter.
> Perhaps
> >> > eBay will
> >> > be helpful inthat regard. I will try again tomorrow with some
> other
> >> > ideas and
> >> > perhaps my results will be a little more interesting.
> >> > Cheers -
> >> > george
>
>
>
>

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Received on Wed Sep 7 06:12:34 2005