The Salt Print Thread

[Paul Metcalf]

It's been a while since I've participated (posted pics) on LFPF, I thought I had posted these before but couldn't find them, so here they are again! Pretty standard salted print process on Arches Platine, I use a coating rod and the sun to expose them. Other than that, I'll have to go dig through my records to remember what/how/when/whatever LOL.

[tgtaylor]

If you are using Ellie Young's The Salt Sprint Manual, be advised that there is a typo in the formula for Thiocyanate Gold Toner 2 on page 58: The quantity given for Sodium Thiocyanate should be 12.5 gm and not 2.5 gm as shown.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

http://www.spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo...1155_large.jpg

They removed all the oak trees that are framing this shot and are in the process of building some monstrosity where they stood and blocking a full view of the buildings façade. I've been eying this location ever since I first photographed it in 2012 and have never seen the trees as barren of leaves as in the above. Global warming I suppose.

Thomas

[Joe Smigiel]

Paul,

The fasteners are fascinating.

Joe

[Paul Metcalf]

Thanks Joe. That was really an accident of sorts. Because of where I live, I keep everything especially bolts, nuts, etc. I poured out the contents of one of my containers (yogurt) on an old mat board looking for a particular bolt. And the image appeared (with a little tweaking of the layout). It was fun working with my Wista 8x10 field vertically!

[t0aster]

It's been a while since I've participated (posted pics) on LFPF, I thought I had posted these before but couldn't find them, so here they are again! Pretty standard salted print process on Arches Platine, I use a coating rod and the sun to expose them. Other than that, I'll have to go dig through my records to remember what/how/when/whatever LOL.

I agree with Joe, the fasteners make for a wonderful image. It feels busy and chaotic yet organized and it creates a nice tension. I would definitely hang it on my wall.

[tgtaylor]

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...1043_large.jpg

I believe, but am not certain, that this is the non-commissioned officers quarters at Fort Point in San Francisco. It was taken, developed, printed, and matted this week.

Thomas

[Ilford4ever]

Great thread! I am new to the salt printing. Is there formula/recipe to get blackish tones in the image instead of the browns? Thanks!

[koraks]

Good toning can be applied to shift the tone to a more neutral black with increased dmax.

[tgtaylor]

A new printing of a negative I shot 3 years ago:

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...5104_large.jpg

Back then the push to bring the Golden State Warriors basketball team to San Francisco began in earnest and the plan was to build them a stadium on the Embarcadero right where Red's is located. In an interview with the evening news, the proprietors thought it was a done deal and they would loose their waterfront location. Thinking that the time was right to photograph this structure before it was torn down, I set up my Toyo 810G with a 360mm lens right in front of the entrance and took this view.

Sometime later they had located a new location about 600 feet from the current so they wouldn't have to leave the waterfront after all. Then public opposition to the proposed stadium on the Embarcadero eventually killed that idea and a new stadium is now planned in the Mission Rock area - near the new UCSF campus there. But it's not a done deal yet.

Thomas