Processing steps, in order: Defender 55-D, dilute acetic acid, two-bath (non-hardening) hypo, 2% Rapid Selenium in archival washing aid, running water wash.
Toning
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March 15, 2007
One of the aspects of this I'm most excited about is how well handcrafted emulsion
takes to toning. Again - surface just scratched. I
intend to live inside Tim Rudman's book, (The Photographer's Toning Book,
the Definitive Guide, Amphoto Books, 2003) for the next couple of months.
What I currently know is that ♥#1 on Fabriano Artistico watercolor paper looks like it takes beautifully to split-toning techniques.
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Processing steps, in order: Defender 55-D, dilute acetic acid, two-bath (non-hardening) hypo, 2% Rapid Selenium in archival washing aid, running water wash. |
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Processing steps, in order: Defender 55-D, dilute acetic acid, two-bath (non-hardening) hypo, 20% Kodalk, 10% selenium, water rinse, washing aid, running water wash. |
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Processing steps, in order: Defender 55-D, dilute acetic acid, two-bath (non-hardening) hypo, 20% Kodalk, 10% selenium, 1% gold chloride, water rinse, washing aid, running water wash. |
Color Control
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I have been working on refining the creative potential of "I ♥ Emulsion" . To date, I've tried combinations of papers, developers, and selenium and gold toners, calibrated to one set of standardized digital negative parameters. My opinion that this is great stuff, both flexible and precise, continues to grow. That very precision/flexibility is the reason the exploration has to be a one-variable change-at-a-time affair.
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. No toning. |
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Fabriano Artistico Traditional White HP. 'I ♥' / Bűrki and Jenny Cold-Tone developer. No toning. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Ansco 135 Warm-Tone developer. No toning. NOTE: There is no detectable warming from the developer, but the contrast and speed of the emulsion are noticeably lowered. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. 10% selenium-1 minute. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. 10% selenium-2 minutes, water rinse, Berg gold toner-5 minutes. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. Berg gold-2 minutes, 10% selenium-2 minutes, Berg gold-1 minute. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP.
'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. Berg gold-10 minutes. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Defender 55 DWR developer. 20% Kodalk-2 minutes, 10% selenium-2 minutes. |
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Fabriano Artistico Extra White HP. 'I ♥' / Ansco 135 Warm-Tone developer. 10% selenium until a split started (about 5 minutes). |
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