RE: Argyrotype: Untoned & toned...

Nice work Loris! I like the gold toned print best also.

Don Bryant

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From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name]
Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 6:13 PM
To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
Subject: 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 05/20/06-04:32:29 PM Z