Re: Lumin prints tests

Chris,
The top two images on this page
http://www.scapesite.com/ARTISTS/burchfield.html
have colors that look almost exactly like my fixed prints made on Forte WT.
Marek, Houston

>From: "Christina Z. Anderson" <zphoto@montana.net>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Lumin prints tests
>Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 20:55:30 -0600
>
>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
>
>
Received on Wed Sep 7 10:58:56 2005