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it is very simple - I made "tea" aka boiling water on the bark and let it stand there to cool
If you (or anyone else) wants to go the heavy-duty, industrial-strength route, soaking pulverized oak galls (the spheroidal "oak apples" that are the tree's reaction to insect attack) will give you a generous concentration of gallic acid along with miscellaneous other tannins.
For what it is worth, gallic acid is trihydroxybenzene, a first cousin to both catechol and hydroquinone, and like them can be used as a silver halide developer.
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..and now I have tried Walnut. Walnut bark in a bottle - then boiling water on it and let it soak for a long time (mine soaked for at least two days, but I don't know whether that is nessecary..)
Old cyanotype soaked for about 10 min.
http://www.apug.org/forums/attachmen...rlotte.jpg.att
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..and now I have tried Walnut. Walnut bark in a bottle - then boiling water on it and let it soak for a long time (mine soaked for at least two days, but I don't know whether that is nessecary..)
Old cyanotype soaked for about 10 min.
http://www.apug.org/forums/attachmen...rlotte.jpg.att
Photo doesn't show up Emil
Tom
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oh - shows just fine on my computer - others have this problem?
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Beautiful image on my screen...
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Emil,
It worked at your second attempt. Very nice.
Pete.
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I should maybe put this in the nude section, but I prefer to put it here (have had some really degrading comments in the other thread)
I'll put it as an attachment so
1: you can decide if you want to see it larger..
2: I can remove it again...
"Alternative" in the sense of an alternative toning process...
I made as a 20x24" print - then added bleach/developer/fix on the paper without rinsing between the processes. (used a sponge and a brush).
This made a "war" breake out - the chemistries fought or so it seemed, and this came out....
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Not sure if this counts as "alternative," but...
I took a Polaroid type 54 positive I shot at Yosemite and sandwiched it with an old 9x12cm blank negative that I found in an old German holder. I simply fixed the negative to clear it without development, leaving it scratched, mottled and dusty. The combination gives the image a bit of a worn, vintage look.
http://www.kolstad.us/ebay/Yosemite-...Vintage%29.jpg
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Not sure if this counts as "alternative," but...
I took a Polaroid type 54 positive I shot at Yosemite and sandwiched it with an old 9x12cm blank negative that I found in an old German holder. I simply fixed the negative to clear it without development, leaving it scratched, mottled and dusty. The combination gives the image a bit of a worn, vintage look.
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Thats cool Jonathan, really does have a vintage feel to it.
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Palace of Fine Arts, San Francsico
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7269/7...70dba7e3_c.jpg
I shot this negative on Friday and unbeknown to me the family appearing in the lower right- hand corner appeared in the frame. The older mother is taking a point-n-shot apparently of the duck while the younger mother and infant look on. I like the addition!
I still have about 20mL left of 300mL of senstizer that I mixed about 3 months ago and decided to make a Vandyke print this morning before the rain starts again tomorrow.
Thomas
Toyo-View 810G, Kodak TXP, 360mm Symmer-S, 140-lb HP Fabriano Aristico.