kmgibbs
7-Feb-2007, 09:20
OK before anyone jumps on this, I know that split contrast printing has been debated to death but I have a question about the process. So here goes....be gentle with me...
I may be completely off in my thinking about this.
While thinking about the photo-chemical process that goes on during exposure of the paper it occurred to me that since the shadow areas receive a great amount of light for any given exposure time (thus darker in the print), would exposing the shadow areas for a short portion of the overall exposure at grade 5 increase the contrast in those areas while leaving the highlight areas relatively unaffected?
As I said, I may be thinking incorrectly about what is going on during the print exposure. I am not a chemist and I don't pretend to be one.:confused:
Kent
I may be completely off in my thinking about this.
While thinking about the photo-chemical process that goes on during exposure of the paper it occurred to me that since the shadow areas receive a great amount of light for any given exposure time (thus darker in the print), would exposing the shadow areas for a short portion of the overall exposure at grade 5 increase the contrast in those areas while leaving the highlight areas relatively unaffected?
As I said, I may be thinking incorrectly about what is going on during the print exposure. I am not a chemist and I don't pretend to be one.:confused:
Kent