Pretty impressive Ken. Put that Nikkor M to work. Very few of your landscapes seem to have a paper white in them which makes them ideal for carbon.
Pretty impressive Ken. Put that Nikkor M to work. Very few of your landscapes seem to have a paper white in them which makes them ideal for carbon.
David Cary
www.milfordguide.nz
Thank you. That one was made with a 400mm Fujinon T on 4x5, and the print was made with a digital negative.
Most importantly, I had some big-time help making the print.
This is an 11x14 kallitype printed on 300lb lanaquarelle. Lake St. Mary in Glacier NP in Montana.
regards
Erik
Verito, 8x10. Gum over platinum.
Larger image and some more details over at Flickr.
Ken, congrats on your results! For anyone who is interested in hand-made prints, but still interested in the sharpness and feel of silver gelatin, carbon is hard to beat!
Thomas -- cyanotypes will darken after drying due to the oxidation of the iron compound. One can hurry up the darkening by a short bath in dilute Hydrogen peroxide, but the Hydrogen peroxide will not make the print any darker than it eventually will get. A bath of dilute Ammonium (or Potassium) dichromate will significantly boost the intensity of the print, but it is a rather nasty chemical to dispose of properly.
Vaughn
Thanks Vaughn.
I've read about hydrogen peroxide initially darkening the print to its final value but I have never tried it. I have been using Dick Sullivan's formula as set out in the James book (substituting potassium dichromate for ammonium dichromate but instead using the actual weight for substitution instead of the more correct molar weight) and have not noticed a significant darkening upon drying. Upon examining the dry print on two successive mornings after printing my immediate reaction was the the print quality had "improved" which I attributed to a slight and very subtle darkening which may, perhaps, be illusionary on my part. But it did appear "better" to my eye.
Thomas
Another gum over platinum, from our January session.
More info and larger image over at Flickr.
Dan - I love that mordancage... never tried it, but would like to...
Here's an oldie...
"Are you coming?"....
Kala - cuanotype - bleached with added coffee
cropped 18x24cm neg - Gandolfi 10x8
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