Re: bronzing in pt/pd

So what y'all are saying, Eric, Don, Jeremy, is it is as much exposure as
thin coating, and the thinness just created more of an exposure issue??
chris

> Chris, If you are having your students coat and print with brush strokes
> that show it will be easier to see some on many prints. It is easily done
> with the use of a brush; foam or bristle. You can feather the edges of the
> overcoated area, that where the neg presumably won't be placed, to allow
> for
> some very thin areas. If thin were the only the answer you could see it
> all
> over the place where thin coated areas were present. It also has to do
> with
> coating solution used. If you are only using PD it will appear more often,
> but can happen with PT as well.
>
> Thinner coatings are faster than thick ones but are also less able to hold
> the exposure before bronzing/solarizing (old expression).
>
> Eric Neilsen Photography
Received on Thu Apr 6 08:14:17 2006