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ryanmills
19-Jan-2014, 20:00
Are there any really warm tone papers still available? FB or RC? So far i have just tried the ilford RC but its a pretty light warm tone.
The developer/toner plays a part in how warm too.
ryanmills
19-Jan-2014, 20:24
I have a few different types of selenium but I have not tried them yet. I am using dektol thou I might try something else similar to it if there are suggestions.
Peter Gomena
19-Jan-2014, 21:46
I'd start by trying Ilford's warm-tone developer. Alas, Kodak Selectol and Selectol-soft are no longer. A quick check of the Freestyle website shows a house brand (Arista), Moersch, Photographer's Formulary make warm-tone developers. Look for warm-tone formulas in the APUG.org articles section. Dektol is a neutral-tone developer that doesn't bring out the best in warm-tone papers. It tends to produce a slight greenish cast with some papers that can be tamed with selenium or other toners. The developer does make a difference.
ryanmills
19-Jan-2014, 23:35
Thanks I will give that ilford a try.
andreios
19-Jan-2014, 23:45
Try Fomatone, from my limited experience with Ilford I'd say fomatone is warmer even in neutral developer, in a warmtone dev. it is almost too warm for my taste somehow.
Bruce Barlow
20-Jan-2014, 02:36
Try Ansco 130 as a developer. Formulary has it. It is very warm tone, has huge capacity, and lasts forever. I mixed it up and divided the gallon into 1-litre bottles. leaving no air. Two years later I pulled one out and used it. It was still just fine.
The Foma warmtone papers are the warmest currently available, Ilrford warmtone papre can give very warm results as well. Use a developer like ID-78 or Ilford Warmtone and remember to keep development to a minimum and over expose to compensate.
Here's an example of Fomabrom III in ID-78 (http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/photography/formulae/developers/devID78.htm) The link shows the image against a neutral grey scale.
http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/portfolios/portfolio_images/rhodes02.jpg
Ian
Philippe Grunchec
20-Jan-2014, 04:15
Ian, Fomatone is much warmer than Fomabrom!
Fomatone 131 (glossy), 132 (matt), 542II (smooth, non-glossy, yellow base) and 532II (smooth, non-glossy, warm white base) for FB and 331 and 332 for RC are the warmest papers on the market.
Ian, Fomatone is much warmer than Fomabrom!
My mistake the print is on Fomatone MG Classic 131 :D
Ian
Drew Wiley
20-Jan-2014, 14:55
You'll get the most warming by toning with something brown afterwards. 130 works well with MGWT for that kind of thing, but not Dektol. But a warm image should
not be confused with a warm base or cream paper.
Oriental warmtone is very warm, almost reddish in Selenium.
neil poulsen
22-Jan-2014, 22:57
I'd start by trying Ilford's warm-tone developer. Alas, Kodak Selectol and Selectol-soft are no longer. A quick check of the Freestyle website shows a house brand (Arista), Moersch, Photographer's Formulary make warm-tone developers. Look for warm-tone formulas in the APUG.org articles section. Dektol is a neutral-tone developer that doesn't bring out the best in warm-tone papers. It tends to produce a slight greenish cast with some papers that can be tamed with selenium or other toners. The developer does make a difference.
Great look! But, it needs some selenium toning to diminish some green that emerges.
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