looking foreward to see some results.
BTW I don't ever bleach before using tea....
looking foreward to see some results.
BTW I don't ever bleach before using tea....
Originally Posted by gandolfi
Really?? and it turns completely brown without bleaching????
My toner will have to be Rooibos/coffee/vanilla :P
Really?? and it turns completely brown without bleaching????
My toner will have to be Rooibos/coffee/vanilla :P(And I NEVER use coffee.... I drink it - I develop in it, and I use it in food - and of course I use it for handcolouring images... but I never use it for Cyanotypes...)
Here's the results of the Rooibos toning. I'll have to compare to the PG Tips black tea side to side. This one is more yellow/sepia.
The bleaching is quite powerful as it lets you fix prints that came out too dark. On the other hand it makes the image a lot grainier and undefined, this part I don't like at all.
I like the color but not the flatness associated with toning. This was bleached quite a bit and toned for one hour in Rooibos.
img100 Rooibos Toned by rabato, on Flickr
This one I am quite happy with. The print was super dense and all the detail in the leaves was completely gone, a dark mass of nothing. The second I put it in water to soak, a lot of the dark already started to lighten. I then bleached it in very diluted sodium carbonate for a minute or two and toned it Rooibos for 15 minutes.
It looked beautiful when wet. The dried print lost a lot of detail and sharpness.
img102 Rooibos Toned by rabato, on Flickr
Why you say there is no detail? I see details
www.christo.stankulov.com
+1 - I especiallt lik ethe second one - it glows!Why you say there is no detail? I see details
INGE at 96
Finally got to scan a "true print" using liquid emulsion on heavy paper...
24 x 30 cm paper negative - contact print...
That's Flickr's sharpening making up for loss of detail. The second one seems to be getting darker with time
"Hanging Over" - a gum bichromate print
Original image captured on Ortho-Green 8x10 Xray film with B&L Tessar 400mm f4.5 lens @ f22
Developed with Rodinal 1:50 in Jobo at 68 deg, 6.5 min.
Negative scanned and dig neg printed on pictorico.
Printed on Artistico Fabriano paper, 3 layers, no sizing.
Damn! 96! Inge looks great. My mother is 93, but dislikes photos. Well now she does. She was a knockout for 80 years, but now she keeps getting shorter. I'll never get that old...
How much is Fomaspeed Liquid Photo Emulsion with Hardener - 1 kilogram, in your area? Here it seems only Freestyle stocks it and it is $125. Not a bad price, I am just curious. I think you buy by the case! I am ordering some with my next paycheck. I really like the idea of using it on good heavy art paper. I think FOMA recommends a flat smooth paper.
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