Stofjas; They are wonderful, full of character and the essence of true photography.
Jessica; I posted a simple primer on making paper negatives last month over here:
http://www.apug.org/forums/forum426/...negatives.html
Reinhold
www.Re-inventedPhotoEquip.com
thanks!
before you'd posted Reinhold, I'd run one very old fiber paper thru my 8x10 (guessing at an iso 6) just for kicks. this is the paper "neg" hanging to dry right now. It was a 2sec. exposure pretty bright light outside -am I on the right track for what the neg looks like? It was a fun process so far. I look forward to trying to print a positive from it in a while. could become very addicting. Was going to be just contact printing my 8x10 negs anyway - could save some $ this way if I get a method down that works consistently for me... sorry for the phone shot of the paper- it is upside down too by the way.
That looks like a printable neg.
I agree.
Nice density range.
Here's a quick peek at an unmanipulated positive (inverted in Photoshop)...
Reinhold
great! now...figuring out how to do the positive print...not sure how long to have it under the enlarger bulb and things....advice welcome! LOL this has been fun so far!
On your easel:
Lay printing paper; emulsion "up"
on top of that; the negative, emulsion "down"
on top of that; a sheet of glass.
Make some test strip exposures...
Set lens aperture to about f:8~11 (or so)
Lay a sheet of opaque paper over the glass, leaving about 2" exposed.
Expose for about 5 seconds.
Move the paper to reveal an additional 2" (4" total width).
Another 5 second exposure.
You now have have two areas, one @ 5 seconds, and one @ 10 seconds.
Repeat for two or three more exposures.
You'll have a series of strips of varying density in 5-second intervals.
Choose the best strip as your printing time.
If necessary, repeat using different aperture and/or times.
Dodging and burning is a bit imprecise, but it can be done...
Caution...
This could get addictive.
Reinhold
lol Thanks!!!!
Oh I am IN LOVE with paper negatives....this is so much fun! I've done several today. I'm addicted already. wowza! I'll post after while....
Ya gotta love a gal with a shared addiction.
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