The Kallitype Thread

[Holdenrichards]

I could be wrong but I think the original image has to have been captured with a LF camera first....

Appologies to all.

[Andrew O'Neill]

None needed... You can still share it in the Image Sharing (Everything Else) & Discussion forum. Do tell us how you used the xray film...

[terra_monk]

Hi everyone, my first post into the forum, first Kallitype. After some trial and error I managed to get a print. The biggest surprise was the addition of the gold toner in between development and fixing. The paper is also amazing, I can just stare at it without the image alone it's so nice
Late evening light in Rockwood Park, Ontario.
Kallitype from in-camera 5x7 negative on Hahnemühle Platinum. Gold-Thiourea toned with touch in selenium
Canham MQC57 with 210mm. Ilford FP4+ in Pyro-HD.



Cheers,
Igor

[tgtaylor]

Hi Igor,

Welcome to the Kallitype - it's a lot of fun isn't it? I just finished printing an image that I took in Yosemite a couple of months back and forgot about until I ran across the negative yesterday afternoon and decided to print it today if the weather was clear. It was and its now hanging to dry. I toned it with Palladium but only had about 25mL so we'll see how it looks when dry.

I'm off to the grocery for tomorrow's meal. After a great deal of thought - and it went from a traditional Turkey with all the trimmings to Chicken Pontalba to Bouillabaisse and finally to Redfish Courtbouillon - I decided on the latter which I am making with cod, haddock, and shrimp.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Thomas

[terra_monk]

It is Thomas! so many ways to make the Kallitype. Thank you! have a great holiday

[tgtaylor]

This is the image that I printed before Thanksgiving from a negative that I had forgotten about - actually there are 2 of them that I had developed but forgot about:

El Capitan - Yosemite National Park, 2016.



My initial impression was that it is too dark at the lower right and that it could be improved upon by dodging that area and intend to reprint it in the future. Instead of tossing it it's been sitting on top of the microwave and I have come to like the color. I toned it with the last 25mL of palladium toned for about 10 minutes. Toyo 810MII with 5x7 reducing back and 120mm Nikkor SW. Printed on Hahnemühle Platinum Rag.

Thomas

[Andrew O'Neill]

Gentlemen, where do you get your gold chloride from?

[pau3]

Gentlemen, where do you get your gold chloride from?

In Europe, you can find it at Disactis. They have a quite wide selection of chemicals.

Best,
Pau

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'm not in Europe, unfortunately! Thanks Pau.

[koraks]

I lucked out once on a local variant of Craigslist. I think I paid something like €75/gram. I wasn't looking for the stuff, but given the price I jumped on it, obviously.