Re: Lumen prints gallery

Michael,
My fixer for the last few prints was Kadak rapid fixer solution A diluted
about 1:10, I change it frequently. I saw the comments on humidity. Here in
Houston humidity is always at 100%, or at least it sems like and the last
few days the temperature has been around 100F, good days to make lumen
prints.
Marek

>From: Michael Koch-Schulte <mkochsch@shaw.ca>
>Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
>Subject: Re: Lumen prints gallery
>Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:14:26 -0500
>
>Thanks Marek. Is it the toner that brings out the colours, or does it just
>replace any unexposed silver? Hard to believe there is any unexposed silver
>after two hours in the sun. I'm currently using some old Ilford Plastica
>circa 1966, I have some new MG too I think I'll try that next. So far I
>only
>get small specks of red in the odd region of the flora (some old birthday
>flowers soon to be tossed). My paper turns grey-blue and I do get a very
>subtle silhouette. Unfortunately, I don't have any gold toner on hand at
>the
>moment. I tried the (KRS) selenium toner at 1:20 and did not see much of a
>change, maybe that's because as Judy mentioned it also contains a fix. How
>critical is the dilution of the fix in this process? I'm using working
>strenth Rapid Fix diluted with water about 1:5.
>
>~m
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Marek Matusz" <marekmatusz@hotmail.com>
>To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
>Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 3:32 PM
>Subject: Re: Lumen prints gallery
>
>
> > Michael,
> > Gold and platinum toning for the silver halide printout processes is
>done
> > before fixing. This includes salted paper, albumen, POP papers, etc. I
> > believe if you try a selenium toner at this point(before fixing) it
>would
> > turn the paper uniform black.
> > Selenium toner can be tried after fixing and washing. You can also try
>gold
> > toner at that point. Hoever gold toning toning is not as effective,
>because
> > part of the silver is gone, dissolved by the fixer and also typical gold
> > toners are very sensitive to traces of fixer. Unless the print is washed
>out
> > completely free of traces of the fixer you will ruin your gold toner,
>before
> > any toning action would take place.
> > My fixer strength is about 2 to 5%. I do not mix it very carefully to
>tell
> > you the exact concentration.
> > Hope you come up with some excitining prints
> > Marek, Houston
> >
> > >From: Michael Koch-Schulte <mkochsch@shaw.ca>
> > >Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> > >Subject: Re: Lumen prints gallery
> > >Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 09:08:27 -0500
> > >
> > >Marek,I'm going to try some Lumens today can you just verify your
>workflow:
> > >
> > >Expose paper 30 mins to 4 hours under glass.
> > >
> > >to process:
> > >1) Soak in water a few mins.
> > >2) Tone with Gold or Pt. as required (can I use Selenium?)
> > >3) Fix (diluted ammonium thiosulfate, how diluted?)
> > >Wash 20 minutes hang to dry.
> > >Is that right? Tone then fix? Thx.
> > >~m
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Marek Matusz" <marekmatusz@hotmail.com>
> > >To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> > >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 9:57 AM
> > >Subject: Lumen prints gallery
> > >
> > >
> > > > All,
> > > >
> > > > I have added some lumen prints to my gallery on alternative
>photography
> > >web
> > > > site.
> > > > http://www.alternativephotography.com/artists/marek_matusz.html
> > > > Thanks to Malin for keeping up the great resource.
> > > > Marek, Houston
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
Received on Thu Sep 29 06:41:58 2005