Argyrotype: Untoned & toned...

Orijinal untoned Argyrotype:
1) http://www.loris.medici.name/First_Argyrotype.jpg
 
Palladium toned Argyrotype:
2) http://www.loris.medici.name/Pd_Toned_Argyrotype.jpg
 
Gold toned Argyrotype:
3) http://www.loris.medici.name/Au_Toned_Argyrotype.jpg
 
Toning was made before fixing for 2 and 3.
 
2 and 3 are from the same negative, 1 is from the first negative. Second
negative was made by darkening (a little bit) the shadows of the orginal
file (using the following curve: in-out values 0-0, 64-56, 128-128, 192-192,
255-255).
 
As you can see the Pd toned print is quite poor in contrast and shadow
density departments. Also, there's a strange yellow staining of paper base.
 
The gold toned print isn't that much neutral actually. It looks quite warm
under tungsten lighting - I guess it scans like that because of the
flourescent scanner light.
 
I liked much the results I got with Argyrotype + gold-toning combination.
For the moment I consider this combo as the holy grail of iron-silver
printing.
 
A nice Sunday to all,
Loris.
 
Received on 05/20/06-04:13:20 PM Z