The Kallitype Thread

[tgtaylor]

Roadside Carnival # 3 - Oakland, California 2017.



Gold-toned Kallitype.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Roadside Carnival # 1 - Oakland, California 2017.

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...3502_large.jpg

This is a reprint of the first in the series with fresh sensitizer (cut the exposure time down from 6 minutes to 4 minutes in the shade!) and a tweak in the toner.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

The Merced, Winter 2017

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...2301_large.jpg

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Postwar Dream - California, 2017.

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...3700_large.jpg

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Bridalveil (Pohono) Fall - Yosemite National Park, 2017.

http://www.spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo...1814_large.jpg

Gold-toned Kallitype.

Thomas

[Barry Kirsten]

These are superb, Thomas. You've certainly mastered the art of Kallitype.

[tgtaylor]

Thank you Barry. I appreciate your comment.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Alabama Hills - California, 2017.

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...4939_large.jpg

Gold-toned Kallitype.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Japanese Internment Cemetery, Mt. Williamson - Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, California 2017.

http://spiritsofsilver.com/yahoo_sit...5728_large.jpg

Inscription reads "Monument for the Pacification of Spirits."

Gold-toned.

Thomas

[tgtaylor]

Multiple mistakes with this one:



For starters it was shot at high noon under the harsh Owens Valley sun. But is was late spring so I got a little break there. Then I accidentally set the wrong exposure on the lens and the negative came out too dark. Printing it I misjudged the exposure and pulled it too soon when it needed another 15 seconds or so in the direct sun. On development the developer (ammonium citrate and sodium acetate) was close to exhaustion but I managed to avoid staining and got it clear. I darkened it in Photoshop to show here but although I now know how to print this particular negative I am somewhat ambivalent as is seems unbalanced in the foreground. Rather than waste the POP gold toner, I toned it for 25 minutes.

Thomas