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Petzval Paul

7-Oct-2013, 09:38

Well, after seeing so many beautiful images on this page, I feel a bit embarrassed to post this :) Recently I started playing around with making my own dry-plates and this is my first successful output. I was playing around shooting in my backyard when I got a decent negative, so I asked my wife to stop cooking breakfast for a minute and sit on our front stairs. Using a very simple bromide-only emulsion, this was a 20 second exposure at f/4.5. She sat pretty still, considering the length of the exposure! What's cool... the emulsion is only blue-sensitive so her large, tribal throat tattoo is completely invisible. Cheaper and less painful than laser surgery :)

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9.5" CC Harrison 'fat focus' lens, B&J 4x5 with a wetplate back to give me a square 4.75" plate. Printed on standard FB paper, copper/selenium split toned.

Tin Can

7-Oct-2013, 09:50

Very nice, I am going to recommend this technique to my tatooed friends! Seems I am the only one left without ink. :)

Well, after seeing so many beautiful images on this page, I feel a bit embarrassed to post this :) Recently I started playing around with making my own dry-plates and this is my first successful output. I was playing around shooting in my backyard when I got a decent negative, so I asked my wife to stop cooking breakfast for a minute and sit on our front stairs. Using a very simple bromide-only emulsion, this was a 20 second exposure at f/4.5. She sat pretty still, considering the length of the exposure! What's cool... the emulsion is only blue-sensitive so her large, tribal throat tattoo is completely invisible. Cheaper and less painful than laser surgery :)

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9.5" CC Harrison 'fat focus' lens, B&J 4x5 with a wetplate back to give me a square 4.75" plate. Printed on standard FB paper, copper/selenium split toned.

Petzval Paul

7-Oct-2013, 10:08

Yeah, collodion does much the same thing. Although basic tattoo ink is black, it appears blue-ish when seen through the epidermis. Blue sensitive emulsions really emphasize or de-emphasize colors pretty dramatically. For example, my wife's nightgown in this pic is actually pink but it is rendered completely detailess. I should have asked her to grab a wrap to throw over her shoulders, but I needed to finish in time for work and she needed to get breakfast done :)

Tin Can

7-Oct-2013, 10:10

I never stop a cook!

Yeah, collodion does much the same thing. Although basic tattoo ink is black, it appears blue-ish when seen through the epidermis. Blue sensitive emulsions really emphasize or de-emphasize colors pretty dramatically. For example, my wife's nightgown in this pic is actually pink but it is rendered completely detailess. I should have asked her to grab a wrap to throw over her shoulders, but I needed to finish in time for work and she needed to get breakfast done :)

Petzval Paul

7-Oct-2013, 19:28

only for a photo is it acceptable to interrupt there cook :) BTW, forgot to mention that this dry plate stuff is way more difficult than collodion wet plate. I've really been wrestling with it but hope to stick it out and get some better, more consistent results soon.

Tin Can

7-Oct-2013, 20:25

Sooner or later I want to try dry plate. So much easier to work when one is not hungry. :)

Lookin good Paul.

only for a photo is it acceptable to interrupt there cook :) BTW, forgot to mention that this dry plate stuff is way more difficult than collodion wet plate. I've really been wrestling with it but hope to stick it out and get some better, more consistent results soon.

TheToadMen

8-Oct-2013, 10:21

Tin Can

8-Oct-2013, 10:51

Cool! Thanks for the link and more info!

Here are two portraits I made on homemade glass dry plates:
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I used a Russian FKD plate camera (13x18 cm negatives). The glass plates were made with Rollei Black Magic. Exposure about 1 second (using my hat as a shutter), tray developed.
See for more info: http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl/2012/09/making-dry-plate-glass-negatives-with.html

MDR

20-Oct-2013, 08:49

Here are two portraits I made on homemade glass dry plates:
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I used a Russian FKD plate camera (13x18 cm negatives). The glass plates were made with Rollei Black Magic. Exposure about 1 second (using my hat as a shutter), tray developed.
See for more info: http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl/2012/09/making-dry-plate-glass-negatives-with.html

Nice Pictures. Did you use a substrate on the glass or did you pour the emulsion directly onto the plate? My second question did you use the Multigrade or the high contrast emulsion? Thank you

TheToadMen

20-Oct-2013, 23:07

Nice Pictures. Did you use a substrate on the glass or did you pour the emulsion directly onto the plate? My second question did you use the Multigrade or the high contrast emulsion? Thank you

Hi,
The glass plates were cleaned with liquid laundry detergent (works perfectly). I used Rollei RBM4 Gelatine Photo on the glass. The emulsion was Rollei RBM2, a fixed grade 3 liquid emulsion. Developed (under red light) in Rollei RPN12 high energy neutral print developer. The streaking in the images is of too much agitation with the tray.
There is also a kit for this: http://www.macodirect.de/rollei-black-magicbrkit-graded-p-1195.html
There is also a variable contrast kit: http://www.macodirect.de/rollei-black-magicbrkit-variable-p-1196.html
Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

MDR

21-Oct-2013, 02:44

Thany you!

zenny

23-Oct-2013, 13:00

Here is a cyanotype toned with wine tannin. Read about the process here.
http://jamesharrphoto.blogspot.com/2013/09/toned-cyanotype.html
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3811/10012094246_3b83483961_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10012094246/)
Voigtlander toned cyanotype (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10012094246/) by James Harr Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/harrlequin/), on Flickr

Hmmm...! Quite innovative. I liked the brush strokes!

jharr

24-Oct-2013, 20:46

Thanks zenny. Here are a couple of un-toned cyanos I just did today. I have a description of the completely unreproducible process here: http://jamesharrphoto.blogspot.com/2013/10/a-cyanotype-miracle.html

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2878/10468601256_44256b9af9_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10468601256/)
Water (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10468601256/) by James Harr Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/harrlequin/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5484/10468789903_a7c4d899dd_z.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10468789903/)
Artyom-Cyanotype (http://www.flickr.com/photos/harrlequin/10468789903/) by James Harr Photo (http://www.flickr.com/people/harrlequin/), on Flickr

p1ot3

27-Oct-2013, 20:42

and, 2 more cyanotypes from me also

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/28/hahy2yma.jpg

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/28/4a4ydyja.jpg

Petzval Paul

28-Oct-2013, 08:58

Nice cyanos!

andreios

28-Oct-2013, 14:40

Is lith printing alternative enough? :)

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andreios

28-Oct-2013, 14:41

And one more, this time Forte Polywarmtone:

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TheToadMen

28-Oct-2013, 15:22

Is lith printing alternative enough? :)
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Nice,
Could pass for a 100 years old salt print too. I love it.
How was this one done?
Bert from Holland

andreios

29-Oct-2013, 01:47

Nice,
Could pass for a 100 years old salt print too. I love it.
How was this one done?
Bert from Holland

Thank you, Bert.
As for the Technicalities - Tachihara 8x10, Symmar 300mm, Adox CHS 100 (the old one), Moersch Tanol, Fomatone paper, 2 bath lith developer.

Andrew O'Neill

30-Oct-2013, 19:28

I haven't posted an image for a while. Under the Alex Fraser Bridge, New Westminster. Carbon transfer print. Straight scan of print.

andreios

31-Oct-2013, 00:22

Andrew, nice image, well composed... it's the opening in the wall that "makes" the image for me... It looks VERY nice on the screen, the print must be thing of beauty indeed..

TheToadMen

31-Oct-2013, 01:31

I haven't posted an image for a while. Under the Alex Fraser Bridge, New Westminster. Carbon transfer print. Straight scan of print.

Hi Andrew,
A beautiful image and a good carbon print. You could also hang this image upside down (no pun intended) and it will still be a strong image. I like that.
I often turn an image upside down to check the composition. You should try that.

I love carbon printing (http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl/2012/11/carbon-printing-beautiful-and-old.html). I'm going to take a workshop again in a week just for the fun of it. I haven't decided yet what image to print yet. I'll go over some negatives this weekend, looking for a nice one with lots of details in the shadows.

Andrew O'Neill

31-Oct-2013, 11:56

Thanks andreios and TheToadMen. I have a horizontal image of this as well, but it is not as strong as the vertical. What attracted me to it, were the lines of the rail ties and the bridge deck. It's funny you should mention placing the image upside down. I too do this often. I have even prefered some of my images upside down. Here's an example. I find it to be a much more interesting image, and conveys more how I felt wondering around this old, abandoned coal mine in Japan. It is also a carbon transfer print. What I find most challenging of this process, is retaining high value detail, especially with digital negatives.

andreios

31-Oct-2013, 12:07

Surreal! :) But excellent!

Vaughn

5-Nov-2013, 23:28

New platinum print.
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Lower Bull Creek Flat

Zone VI 8x10 with modified darkslide to get 4x10 neg
Fuji W 300/5.6
FP4+ in Ilford Universal PQ developer
Scanned Platinum/palladium print

andreios

6-Nov-2013, 00:18

Andrew O'Neill

6-Nov-2013, 19:48

Has a nice Canuck feel to it, Vaughn.
Here is my latest kallitype. It's of a very old, abandoned round house in Hanna, Alberta. Exposed on Efke IR 8x10 last August. The paper (Rising Stonehenge) was bathed in a 1% sulfamic acid solution, which greatly increases Dmax. Toned in very dilute selenium.

sanking

6-Nov-2013, 22:22

"It is also a carbon transfer print. What I find most challenging of this process, is retaining high value detail, especially with digital negatives."

Printing upper tonal values, especially broad areas, is indeed one of the biggest challenges of carbon printing. But I think it may be easier to do with digital negatives than with continuous tone film negatives. On the other hand, making high quality digital negatives, especially one well-tailored for carbon printing, is also quite a challenge.

Attached is a recent carbon print that has a lot of high values, but was relatively easy to print, because there are no broad even tones.

Sandy

mdm

6-Nov-2013, 23:56

Beautiful.

jon.oman

7-Nov-2013, 09:50

h2oman

7-Nov-2013, 18:00

Sandy,

I'm curious abut the processing of your image from negative (original negative, assuming maybe there is a digital negative as well) to print. If you are willing to divulge, I'd love to hear about it.

Gregg Waterman

davehyams

7-Nov-2013, 20:16

Sandy that image is masterfully rendered in carbon. Would love to see this one in person.

MDR

8-Nov-2013, 06:03

Beautiful image, stock color right from the tube or did you blend your own to get this image tone.

sanking

8-Nov-2013, 08:37

Thanks for the complements about my carbon print I called "Waves." The specific look of the image is due more to the fact that it was captured in infrared than to post processing. The print was made from a digital negatives, which was printed with qn Epson 7800, with a special QTR profile I wrote for the K3 inks.The color/tone of the print is by design as the tissue was specially made for this image, and a few others like it, by mixing carbon black pigment with a bit of cyan, to make the tissue. The tissue was sensitized with a roller squeegee with a 5% ammonium dichromate solution, diluted 1+1 with acetone, using 40ml of total solution for this 12X18" print. Exposure was 300 units (where one unit = about one second) with an Amergraph ULF-28 HID light source.

My routine work flow is to first prepare the image on the monitor, then proof with a printer set up with the Cone K7 inks. Once I make an acceptable ink jet print on 8.5 x 11" paper, and this may take 4-5 tries, I make final adjustments of the image file and print the digital negative.

The carbon relief was developed on fixed out Ilford matte surface paper. I have a student coming for a workshop next week and made the same print on fixed out glossy paper as well as sized art paper to show him the unique look one can achieve with carbon based on choice of final support. The difference is pretty dramatic.

Sandy

andreios

9-Nov-2013, 04:09

A humble contribution from last night

Selenium toned Kallitype from 18x24cm negative.
Side Chapel, Abbaye de Pontingy

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tgtaylor

9-Nov-2013, 08:56

Nice image Sandy. I never before thought about using IR negatives for alternative prints - looks promising. It looks like it could be the California coast but I can't think of a California coastal location that looks exactly like it.

Excellent composition andreios.

Thomas

Leigh

9-Nov-2013, 10:10

A humble contribution from last night
That's lovely. You do very nice work, Andreios.

- Leigh

Vaughn

9-Nov-2013, 14:58

I posted this in the Nov. portrait thread, but thought I'd share it here, also.

My son Alex and the Homecoming princess he escorted. They rode in the '54 Buick behind them in the homecoming parade. Photo was taken back at the high school after the parade. The driver noticed I was photographing the parade with my Rolleiflex, and nicely parked the Buick in the best light.

Photograph taken with my Zone VI 8x10, Fuji W 300/5,6
Exposure not recorded, but it probably was about f11 at 1/60 of a second...give or take a stop.
Ilford PF4+ in Ilford Universal PQ Developer (1:9, 70F, 10min in an Expert drum, but might have been 12min...who's counting?)
Scanned 8x10 platinum/palladium print:
22 drops Ferric oxalate; 16 drops palladium salt; 6 drops platinum salt (Puddle-pusher, brush combination)
On COT320, warm Potassium oxalate developer...TMI!

Still need to develop the 120 rolls...

h2oman

9-Nov-2013, 15:14

Thanks for the response, Sandy. Nice image, Andreois.

sanking

9-Nov-2013, 17:15

"Nice image Sandy. I never before thought about using IR negatives for alternative prints - looks promising. It looks like it could be the California coast but I can't think of a California coastal location that looks exactly like it."

Thanks Thomas,

IR gives you a whole new way of seeing tonalities. In my opinion it could be used for any kind of printing.

The coast in the print is located a bit northeast of Atlanta!

Sandy

ndg

14-Nov-2013, 21:41

"Kids in a Canoe".
A platinum-palladium print on 24 gsm Gampi washi. I sized the paper for this print with starch mixed with gloxal.
Captured off a beach in Accra, Ghana.

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pics/img711.jpg

andreios

15-Nov-2013, 10:15

I've had a difficult time scanning this...

Kallitype, toned in selenium
18x24cm Adox 100 neg.
Bergger Cot320.

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Vaughn

15-Nov-2013, 11:01

"Kids in a Canoe".

Crazy paper texture! Nicely done! I tied a vegetable parchment one time (pt.pd), wrinkled so badly when coated that I could not get good contact in the contact printing frame. Did not experiment beyond a couple of prints. But good potential with the right images!

ndg

18-Nov-2013, 14:24

Thanks!

Crazy paper texture! Nicely done! I tied a vegetable parchment one time (pt.pd), wrinkled so badly when coated that I could not get good contact in the contact printing frame. Did not experiment beyond a couple of prints. But good potential with the right images!

ndg

18-Nov-2013, 14:40

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/img704.jpg

"Fenced off"
A Gum Oil print on Arches Platine paper.

Jody_S

18-Nov-2013, 15:11

"Fenced off"
A Gum Oil print on Arches Platine paper.

Excellent!

ndg

25-Nov-2013, 17:19

"Cincinnati"
A Gum Bichromate print on Fabriano Artistico paper; 2 layers; free form.

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Cinci-02.jpg

Michael Clark

25-Nov-2013, 19:48

I've had a difficult time scanning this...

Kallitype, toned in selenium
18x24cm Adox 100 neg.
Bergger Cot320.

104645Nice shadow detail, like to try Kallitype some day.

Jim Fitzgerald

25-Nov-2013, 20:36

This is crazy! I was sure I posted this... I must be loosing it! Grafton 8x10 carbon transfer print.

ndg

25-Nov-2013, 21:42

Jim, this is really beautiful. Kinda haunting, really.
Hope to be able to print carbon one day like that.

This is crazy! I was sure I posted this... I must be loosing it! Grafton 8x10 carbon transfer print.

Jim Fitzgerald

25-Nov-2013, 22:17

Jim, this is really beautiful. Kinda haunting, really.
Hope to be able to print carbon one day like that.

Thank you. I love the mood of this image. The light was beautiful. Carbon makes it all that much better I feel.

andreios

25-Nov-2013, 23:55

This is crazy! I was sure I posted this... I must be loosing it! Grafton 8x10 carbon transfer print.

Jim, this is really beautiful.The print must be a marvel to see/hold...

ScottPhotoCo

26-Nov-2013, 00:15

This is crazy! I was sure I posted this... I must be loosing it! Grafton 8x10 carbon transfer print.

This is beautiful! X-Ray film?

Jim Fitzgerald

26-Nov-2013, 06:54

Thanks everyone. The print is growing on me day by day. I shot this on expired Efke PL-50. Pyrocat- HD 1:1:150 developed by inspection. Lens was my Kodak 305 Portrait lens.

Jim Fitzgerald

26-Nov-2013, 06:57

Here is the other print from the same session. Shot this in the Prairie Creek Redwoods on my trip in October. Used my 275mm Eidoscope. Again on Efke PL-50.

TheToadMen

26-Nov-2013, 17:25

Here is the other print from the same session. Shot this in the Prairie Creek Redwoods on my trip in October. Used my 275mm Eidoscope. Again on Efke PL-50.

This is a real beauty. I love B&W, mushrooms and you combined both wonderfully.
I would like to see (or have) a large print of this image. Must be impressive.
Thanks for sharing.
Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

Jim Fitzgerald

26-Nov-2013, 19:43

Bert, I shoot 8x10 for this image and contact print so the final image size is an 8x10 carbon transfer print with my own hand blended pigment. Glad you like it!

Jody_S

27-Nov-2013, 11:28

Here is the other print from the same session. Shot this in the Prairie Creek Redwoods on my trip in October. Used my 275mm Eidoscope. Again on Efke PL-50.

Stunning!

Jim Fitzgerald

27-Nov-2013, 13:19

Jody, thank you. I have several more images to print from the recent trips. The holiday time will allow me to blend pigment and pour more tissue for printing.

Tri Tran

27-Nov-2013, 15:21

Jim, I can see you are busy and working harder now. Have fun with the printing.

Jim Fitzgerald

28-Nov-2013, 10:03

Another one from Grafton. The light from this window was amazing. Hard to get the accurate tone of the final image on the scan.

billie williams

28-Nov-2013, 14:55

Another one from Grafton. The light from this window was amazing. Hard to get the accurate tone of the final image on the scan.
Wow, Jim. That is beautiful. If you get down our way, please stop by. We'd love to see these in person. Plus, Pete has offered to make scones. Such a deal!

Emil Schildt

29-Nov-2013, 08:29

Havn't done anything in a while...

But this is just made..

"Fragment"

Bromoil print
Painted with light - negative cut..

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/fragment.jpg

ndg

29-Nov-2013, 19:50

My first polymer photogravure print.
Scanned original 4x5 neg to create positive on pictorico.

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Orchid-02.jpg

"Orchid" - a polymer photogravure print on Somerset paper
Used Graphic Chemical Process Red ink.

Andrew O'Neill

2-Dec-2013, 14:39

Another one from Grafton. The light from this window was amazing. Hard to get the accurate tone of the final image on the scan.

Jim, yours reminded me of an interior of a covered bridge I shot down in WA State... or was it Oregon?? I'll have to check my notes.
TMY-2. Pyrocat-HD. Carbon.

Jim Fitzgerald

2-Dec-2013, 18:18

Jim, yours reminded me of an interior of a covered bridge I shot down in WA State... or was it Oregon?? I'll have to check my notes.
TMY-2. Pyrocat-HD. Carbon.

Andrew, awesome! I can see why! Don't you just love how the process can handle the DR in a shot like this!!

Andrew O'Neill

2-Dec-2013, 23:31

You're right Jim. I simply cannot print it as well in silver. It looks good in Kallitype, but carbon gives that extra oomph!

Tav Walraven

5-Dec-2013, 07:22

Here is the other print from the same session. Shot this in the Prairie Creek Redwoods on my trip in October. Used my 275mm Eidoscope. Again on Efke PL-50.

Very nice, Jim.

Jim Fitzgerald

5-Dec-2013, 19:35

Tav, thanks. That little lens I got from Jim Galli is a real gem! Glad you like the image.

Emil Schildt

6-Dec-2013, 09:40

Just a simple portrait of Toko.

She was shy, but I like her smile..

multicoloured Bromoil Print.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/toko.jpg

ndg

6-Dec-2013, 17:44

Beautiful!

Just a simple portrait of Toko.

She was shy, but I like her smile..

multicoloured Bromoil Print.

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/toko.jpg

ndg

6-Dec-2013, 17:59

"Motion" - A Triptych of Oil Prints (Rawlin's Process)

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Motion-Triptych.jpg

Tri Tran

6-Dec-2013, 19:40

Bright idea Nana.

Tri Tran

6-Dec-2013, 19:44

Title: Black Oak
Media: Hand Made Carbon Transfer Contact Print
Image Size 14x17 inches

http://imageshack.us/a/img607/1889/992c.jpg

http://imageshack.us/a/img546/350/14x17u.png

Jim Cole

7-Dec-2013, 03:59

Another beautiful print, TT!

Tri Tran

7-Dec-2013, 09:57

Another beautiful print, TT!

Thank you Jim.Happy Holidays.

ndg

7-Dec-2013, 11:01

Bright idea Nana.

Thanks Tri!

sanking

7-Dec-2013, 12:37

17X23" Carbon transfer print on albumen sized Strathmore Imperial Watercolor. Printed from a digital negative. Original was a 5X7" negative.

I have printed this image before in carbon, but not quite this big, and with a more neutral tone than the albumen type color here.

Sandy

ndg

7-Dec-2013, 14:05

sanking

7-Dec-2013, 14:33

Sandy, that is gorgeous! There is a mild umber hue. Would that be from the albumen size?

Glad you like it. It is one of my older 5X7 negatives but I did not make the first print from it for over 15 years. When you print in carbon it takes a long time to catch up with your negative making!!

The hue is not from the albumen sizing but from the pigments in the carbon tissue. The tissue was made with a ratio of 15 parts of lamp black, one part venetian red, and one part violet. The tissue was made with this specific image in mind.

The albumen size is fairly neutral in tone, about the same as gelatin.

Sandy

ndg

7-Dec-2013, 15:33

Thanks Sandy. The printing processes that involve the use of watercolors and oils allow so much artist expressiveness.

Leigh

7-Dec-2013, 18:06

17X23" Carbon transfer print on albumen sized Strathmore Imperial Watercolor. Printed from a digital negative. Original was a 5X7" negative.
That's a marvelous image, Sandy. It looks 3-dimensional, even on a computer screen. Thank you.

- Leigh

sanking

7-Dec-2013, 18:48

"That's a marvelous image, Sandy. It looks 3-dimensional, even on a computer screen."

Thank you, Leigh

BTW, this is a wonderful space. The cathedral of Seville is the largest gothic cathedral in the world, and the third largest church in the world. I believe the print gives some indication of the monumental character of the building, and of the sense of light.

Sandy

Robert Brazile

8-Dec-2013, 06:05

Sandy, beautiful image. Was that albumen sizing alone, or albumen on top of gelatin? Isopropanol-hardened?

Robert

sanking

8-Dec-2013, 08:05

Sandy, beautiful image. Was that albumen sizing alone, or albumen on top of gelatin? Isopropanol-hardened?

Robert

The albumen hardening was over a thin layer of hardened gelatin, which for some reason was not giving good transfers. In light of the fact that the paper was not working well I decided, as an experiment, to add a thin coating of albumen. After the albumen dried I hardened it by applying with a roller about 20 ml of isopropyl on a sheet of 21" X 25". There are some mechanical advantages to albumen sizing for carbon, most notably the fact that the coating appears less sensitive to conditions of RH, and secondly one can develop the relief at a slightly higher water temperature.

Coating paper with albumen is quite different mechanically than coating with gelatin so I am still trying to work out the most effective way to do this, whether by floating the paper as in the old days, by soaking or by applying with a rod. As with gelatin coating, bubble can be a real problem, but the issue is not quite as critical with two layers of size as with just a single one.

In any event a sheet of albumen sized art paper has a very different look than gelatin sized paper, and this look is there even when the paper was previously sized with gelatin as what is on top dominates in terms of the aesthetic.

Sandy

Misko

8-Dec-2013, 08:50

whole plate alumitype
http://www.schroederworks.com/Wetplate/Chair002.jpg

Love the simplicity of it. Really beautiful.

Michael Przybyla

8-Dec-2013, 08:54

Fort Knox, Bucksport, Maine October 2013
5x7 Pt/Pd Print

http://mikeprzybyla.zenfolio.com/img/s5/v123/p849475112-5.jpg

mikeprzybyla.zenfolio.com

TheToadMen

8-Dec-2013, 12:46

Beautiful composition and very good print.
Albumen printing is fun, isn't it?

17X23" Carbon transfer print on albumen sized Strathmore Imperial Watercolor. Printed from a digital negative. Original was a 5X7" negative.

I have printed this image before in carbon, but not quite this big, and with a more neutral tone than the albumen type color here.

Sandy

Robert Brazile

8-Dec-2013, 15:59

Thanks, Sandy, that's very helpful.

Robert

Tri Tran

8-Dec-2013, 18:43

9-Dec-2013, 06:47

Fort Knox, Bucksport, Maine October 2013
5x7 Pt/Pd Print

mikeprzybyla.zenfolio.com

Thanks! A very fun place to visit. It's only an hour away for me, but I don't take the time to get up there.

sanking

9-Dec-2013, 08:12

Sandy,
Thanks for the great info. This is exactly what I had in mind when I substrate my plates for collodion process . My first thought is to simplify my work flow in order to use the albumen for both processes ( Carbon and Ambrotype ), or at least using one type of paper for PT and Carbon final support . Hope I have some time during Holidays to test this out.Thanks again and Happy Holidays.

Tri,

Good luck with albumen coating, and please let us know how this works out for your.

Be aware that there are prominent Silicon Valley investors determined to deprive us of food choices such as eggs and gelatin. If these guys are successful we will be forced to adopt plant based alternatives to animal products. One such company is Hampton Creeks Farms, http://hamptoncreekfoods.com/

If you value your right to practice photography as they did in the old days consider a donation to The American Egg Board, which represents U. S. producers of eggs. Stand tall with those who want real eggs, not egg substitutes!!

Sandy

andreios

9-Dec-2013, 09:18

http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_229_W8best.jpg

Gold toned kallitype
18x24cm negative

Tri Tran

9-Dec-2013, 11:14

Tri,

Good luck with albumen coating, and please let us know how this works out for your.

Be aware that there are prominent Silicon Valley investors determined to deprive us of food choices such as eggs and gelatin. If these guys are successful we will be forced to adopt plant based alternatives to animal products. One such company is Hampton Creeks Farms, http://hamptoncreekfoods.com/

If you value your right to practice photography as they did in the old days consider a donation to The American Egg Board, which represents U. S. producers of eggs. Stand tall with those who want real eggs, not egg substitutes!!

Sandy

Not a problem. I'm more than happy too. Thanks for a heads-up Sandy.

ndg

9-Dec-2013, 14:38

"In the Grove" - a Gum Oil print

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/IntheGrove.jpg

Image printed with a digital negative.
Original image captured a few years ago at Jacobson Park, Lexington, KY on 8x10 FP4.
Image size - 13" x 20".

DannL

11-Dec-2013, 07:31

R.D. Gray Periscope No. 6, Anthony & Scovill Champion 8x10; 8x10 dry-plate (Rockland's emulsion, 2mm glass plate), Exposure: 15 seconds @ f/32 (ISO 1); Plate developed in Dektol for 2 min, Contact printed on Varycon KM.

106415

guyatou

11-Dec-2013, 15:25

Here's my first attempt at dry plate tintypes/ambrotypes. I used the Rockland Tintype Parlor kit. Gotta practice my pouring skills -- I did a great job of coating the sink!

All were exposed with window light. My meter only goes down to ISO 3. The best density/exposure was 3 stops overexposed, plus an extra stop for bellows extension. I didn't cover the meter with a blue gobo, so I assume the ISO is somewhere around 1.5, and the two extra stops were for loss of blue light.

If I get brave, I might try wet plate someday!

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/downesphoto/WrenchandLeaf7_zps6e0367db.jpg (http://s826.photobucket.com/user/downesphoto/media/WrenchandLeaf7_zps6e0367db.jpg.html)
Wrench & Leaf Tintype

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/downesphoto/Hammer3_zps1f361c55.jpg (http://s826.photobucket.com/user/downesphoto/media/Hammer3_zps1f361c55.jpg.html)
Old Hammer on Old Workbench Ambrotype

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz188/downesphoto/Blender4_zps44bc4601.jpg (http://s826.photobucket.com/user/downesphoto/media/Blender4_zps44bc4601.jpg.html)
Waring Blender Ambrotype

sanking

11-Dec-2013, 18:11

http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_229_W8best.jpg

Gold toned kallitype
18x24cm negative

Andreios,

A very nice kallitype. Looks like you have the gold toning mastered.

BTW, what is the name of the place? Very interesting to see the combination of gothic and romanesque arches?

Sandy

andreios

11-Dec-2013, 22:48

Andreios,

A very nice kallitype. Looks like you have the gold toning mastered.

BTW, what is the name of the place? Very interesting to see the combination of gothic and romanesque arches?

Sandy

Thank you very much, Sandy!

It is the Abbey Church in Fontenay Abbey, Burgundy, France - on of the oldest and best preserved examples of Cistercian architecture.

Tri Tran

17-Dec-2013, 22:41

Title: The Mother of my children
Image size: 8x10
Process : Hand Made Platinum Palladium contact print
Media: Water Color Arch Platine France.
Lens used : 13 in Darlot

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/8483/6akq.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/690/6akq.jpg/)

Leigh

17-Dec-2013, 22:46

Lovely portrait, TT.

- Leigh

Tri Tran

17-Dec-2013, 22:48

Lovely portrait, TT.

- Leigh

Thanks so much Leigh. Merry Christmas !

ghostcount

18-Dec-2013, 00:33

Tri Tran

18-Dec-2013, 09:15

Thanks Randy, long time no hear. Merry Xmas.

Tri Tran

18-Dec-2013, 18:27

Title: Lauren
Image size: 11x14 inches
Process : Hand Made Platinum Palladium contact print
Media: Water Color Arch Platine France.
Lens used : 16in Cooke Portrait lens

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/1305/ik3i.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/513/ik3i.jpg/)

jcoldslabs

18-Dec-2013, 21:37

Lauren

Beautiful portrait!

Jonathan

andreios

19-Dec-2013, 00:09

Beautiful portrait, Tri! Can't wait till my daughter will be able to sit still long enough for an exposure. :)

Tri Tran

19-Dec-2013, 09:26

Thanks Jonathan.
Thanks Andreios, Here's my order for portrait sitting in camera room.

1 Posing
2 Lighting
3 Camera

Try to find a natural comfortable pose for your subject . People will likely sit still if they are comfortable. Try it and let me know if it works for you.

Tri Tran

19-Dec-2013, 09:49

Let's see something difference!

Title: Mission Garden
Print size: 8x10 in
Process: Platinum/Palladium print
Dichromate with Potassium oxalate developer Method
Media: Hand made printed on water color paper
Lens : 14 in Trigor Blue Dot

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9649/06xr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/577/06xr.jpg/)

Hugo Zhang

19-Dec-2013, 10:17

Hi Tri,

I remember that one. :) Can't wait to go back and shoot it again.

Hugo

Tri Tran

19-Dec-2013, 11:24

Hi Tri,

I remember that one. :) Can't wait to go back and shoot it again.

Hugo

I know you do because we were side by side with your 10x20 in camera. We should go back .

ndg

19-Dec-2013, 17:14

From series "Resting Places" - a polymer photogravure print on white Kizuki Kozo washi (43 gsm).

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/RestingPlaces-01.jpg

Original image captured on Arista-Edu RC 8x10 paper, Fuji 250mm f6.7 lens at f32, 2s
Scanned and positive image printed on pictorico.
Toyobo KM 73 plates.

Andrew O'Neill

19-Dec-2013, 20:41

How are you liking that paper, ndg?

ndg

20-Dec-2013, 03:56

How are you liking that paper, ndg?

So far, I do like it but it is the first kozo washi I have printed on. I am going to print on 3 other kozo washi in the next few days. I will have a better opinion after that.

soeren

20-Dec-2013, 06:13

I know you do because we were side by side with your 10x20 in camera. We should go back .

And the rest of us can't wait to see Hugos print ;)
Where is that mission garden?
Really a beautiful print
Best regards

Tri Tran

20-Dec-2013, 10:32

And the rest of us can't wait to see Hugos print ;)
Where is that mission garden?
Really a beautiful print
Best regards

Thanks Soeren. Hugo and I have though about going back to this place (Mission in San Juan Capistrano) about a week ago but we never did. I'd like to bring the 14x17 for Carbon print later on . Hugo is likely bring out the 16x20 this time since he likes this Mission so much. You are all welcome to join us if anyone interested after the Holidays. Again thanks for the nice words and have a safe Holidays.

andreios

20-Dec-2013, 13:30

http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_239_h800.jpg http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_241_h800.jpg

Abbaye de Pontigny
Gold toned Kallitype prints

Andrew O'Neill

20-Dec-2013, 13:35

Very nice, andreios! Which paper are you using?

andreios

20-Dec-2013, 13:40

Thanks, Andrew. I use Bergger Cot 320.

Tri Tran

20-Dec-2013, 16:40

Love these Andreois, This type of Architecture is my all time favorite. I used to photograph a lot of these scenes back in the 90' when I was in the Wedding Photography business. Have you ever visited the park called Balboa Park in San Diego?

andreios

20-Dec-2013, 22:45

Thank you, Tri.
No, I never had a chance to visit US (though I do hope I'll get there once). France is much easier to get to. :) There are of course many churches on this side of the Alps, but to find such pure architecture as these old Cistercian buildings anywhere here is quite difficult.

ndg

20-Dec-2013, 23:53

Your prints are beautiful. Great work. I really like the way you capture the spots of light in the shadows.

http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_239_h800.jpg http://andrejkutarna.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/2013_silver_241_h800.jpg

Abbaye de Pontigny
Gold toned Kallitype prints

andreios

21-Dec-2013, 10:22

Thank you Nanadadzie...
I've had a look at you website, I really liked many of your prints shown there...

ndg

21-Dec-2013, 10:54

Thanks!

Thank you Nanadadzie...
I've had a look at you website, I really liked many of your prints shown there...

Tri Tran

22-Dec-2013, 23:07

Title: Cat Cat Fall . Sapa Vietnam
Image size: 8x10
Process: Carbon Print with Gold Toned metallic Pigment
Lens: 14 in Trigor Blue Dot

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5549/rnkh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/rnkh.jpg/)

andreios

22-Dec-2013, 23:25

Beautiful photograph, Tri.

davehyams

23-Dec-2013, 13:14

Damn Tri, bet that one just sings on the wall. Nice.

mathieu Bauwens

23-Dec-2013, 13:55

Wonderful Mr. Tri

Tri Tran

23-Dec-2013, 15:18

Thanks Andreios,Dave and Mathieu.
It was a treat to see this fall after 2 miles hiking through the Sapa mountains rice terrace . It's located North of Vietnam, about 30 min to South China border . It's unspoiled land but very difficult to get there .It took us 9 hrs by train (100 years old train left by the French back in the 1930') from Hanoi is the only transportation in order to get there beside the moped bicycle. If you plan to go there please reserve your train 6 months in advance.
And yes to Dave .This print sings on my study room wall.You are a psychic :)

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/3927/5q0m.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/853/5q0m.jpg/)

ndg

23-Dec-2013, 19:51

Gorgeous print, TT.

Title: Cat Cat Fall . Sapa Vietnam
Image size: 8x10
Process: Carbon Print with Gold Toned metallic Pigment
Lens: 14 in Trigor Blue Dot

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5549/rnkh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/716/rnkh.jpg/)

Jim collum

23-Dec-2013, 20:07

wow..

phenomenal image!!!!

let me know if this is ever on display somewhere in California.. would love to see an actual print

"It is also a carbon transfer print. What I find most challenging of this process, is retaining high value detail, especially with digital negatives."

Printing upper tonal values, especially broad areas, is indeed one of the biggest challenges of carbon printing. But I think it may be easier to do with digital negatives than with continuous tone film negatives. On the other hand, making high quality digital negatives, especially one well-tailored for carbon printing, is also quite a challenge.

Attached is a recent carbon print that has a lot of high values, but was relatively easy to print, because there are no broad even tones.

Sandy

ndg

26-Dec-2013, 14:19

"Silhouttes" - a polymer photogravure print.
On Somerset paper, Gamblin ink, 8.5" x 11.5".

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Silhouttes.jpg

Original image captured on 8x10 Arista-edu glossy paper with B&L 11x14 Tessar.
Scanned and digital positive printed on pictorico.

ndg

31-Dec-2013, 09:10

'Beyond, beyond" - a Lith print

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Beyond.jpg

On Foma Fomatone classic paper, Moersch SE5

andreios

31-Dec-2013, 09:20

Beautiful prints, Nanadadzie, especially the gravure..

ndg

31-Dec-2013, 09:28

Thanks, Andrej! In few weeks, I am going to attempt the real thing - copper plate photogravure! Wish me luck!
Happy New Year!

Beautiful prints, Nanadadzie, especially the gravure..

ndg

4-Jan-2014, 10:25

"Floral Hall, Red Mile, Lexington, KY"
A carbon print on sized Saunders Waterford paper

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/FloralHall.jpg

Just before Christmas, I had one of my better glop pouring sessions.
The image is from one of the tissues.
Original image was captured on expired 5x7 FP4 with Fuji 250mm 6.7 lens.
The image was scanned and a dig neg printed on Pictorico OHP transparency.
Not up to the standard of the Masters (TT, Sandy, Jim, Vaughn etc) but still striving...

TheToadMen

4-Jan-2014, 15:08

Nice image,
I like carbon printing too.
Is the yellow color from left over bichromate in the paper turning yellow or something else?
Bert from Holland

"Floral Hall, Red Mile, Lexington, KY"
A carbon print on sized Saunders Waterford paper

http://www.nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/FloralHall.jpg

Just before Christmas, I had one of my better glop pouring sessions.
The image is from one of the tissues.
Original image was captured on expired 5x7 FP4 with Fuji 250mm 6.7 lens.
The image was scanned and a dig neg printed on Pictorico OHP transparency.
Not up to the standard of the Masters (TT, Sandy, Jim, Vaughn etc) but still striving...

Vaughn

4-Jan-2014, 15:16

"Floral Hall, Red Mile, Lexington, KY"
A carbon print on sized Saunders Waterford paper
...but still striving...

Great! Striving is what one always needs to do...I still am!

Vaughn

ndg

4-Jan-2014, 17:50

Thanks Bert!
That is probably from using gloxal to harden the gelatin I used to size the WC paper.

Nice image,
I like carbon printing too.
Is the yellow color from left over bichromate in the paper turning yellow or something else?
Bert from Holland

ndg

4-Jan-2014, 17:50

Appreciate it!

Great! Striving is what one always needs to do...I still am!

Vaughn

Tri Tran

5-Jan-2014, 17:13

ndg

5-Jan-2014, 17:29

Thanks, TT and Happy New Year! Carbon is really unforgiving. The attention to detail cannot be over emphasized. I destroyed the next image I tried printing because I didn't wait long enough to separate the tissue from the final support. Ah well. Nice image you just posted, btw.

I like it . I bet there is a a lot of work for you to keep the details in the highlight of this image. You did great so please keep it up.

hendrik faure

7-Jan-2014, 06:40

Thanks, Andrej! In few weeks, I am going to attempt the real thing - copper plate photogravure! Wish me luck!
Happy New Year!

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u568/hfa8/mail_Bussard_zps6ec687e2.jpg
(Copperplate photogravure from 8x10 HP5 early Voigtländer lens, printed gamblin portland black + sepia on summerset antique)

good luck!
Hendrik

ndg

7-Jan-2014, 08:05

Danke, Hendrik! Ich werde es brauchen! Love the detail in the image.

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u568/hfa8/mail_Bussard_zps6ec687e2.jpg
(Copperplate photogravure from 8x10 HP5 early Voigtländer lens, printed gamblin portland black + sepia on summerset antique)

good luck!
Hendrik

p1ot3

7-Jan-2014, 16:32

I learn something new

107902

Tri Tran

15-Jan-2014, 11:23

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/35/0hwn.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/0z0hwnj)

Here's the snap shot from a friend helping Dadi Liu setting up his work at Photo LA .
Have you seen the Platinum this big before ?
There will be a greet and meet with the artist Liu and Hass the Chamonix camera owner at my place next week . Feel free to contact me if you like to meet them . Thanks Hugo for coordinate this event.

Hugo Zhang

15-Jan-2014, 11:43

yeah, it's from a 8x20 film negative made with a 480mm eidoscope lens and digitally enlarged and galons of chemicals were use/wasted. :) But it is very impressive.

sanking

15-Jan-2014, 12:21

yeah, it's from a 8x20 film negative made with a 480mm eidoscope lens and digitally enlarged and galons of chemicals were use/wasted. :) But it is very impressive.

Is the emphasis on "used" or "wasted"?

Sandy

Hugo Zhang

15-Jan-2014, 14:38

Used, but I could imagine how much were wasted to come to a final print of this size. :)

Jody_S

15-Jan-2014, 16:23

(...)

ndg

15-Jan-2014, 16:48

TT or Hugo, what are the dimensions of the print?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/35/0hwn.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/0z0hwnj)
Here's the snap shot from a friend helping Dadi Liu setting up his work at Photo LA .
Have you seen the Platinum this big before ?
There will be a greet and meet with the artist Liu and Hass the Chamonix camera owner at my place next week . Feel free to contact me if you like to meet them . Thanks Hugo for coordinate this event.

ndg

15-Jan-2014, 17:23

"The Chair" - a Gum Bichromate print

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Chair-01.jpg

8x10 in-camera green X-ray film negative.
Developed with Jobo in 3005 drum.
Rodinal 1:50
Lens: B&L Tessar 400mm f4.5 @ f32
Saunders-Waterford WC paper

Michael Clark

15-Jan-2014, 17:48

Thats great Tri,I will be attending LA photo Sat and will have a look at Mr Dadi Liu work.

Mike

David Lobato

15-Jan-2014, 18:35

Tri Tran

15-Jan-2014, 18:42

TT or Hugo, what are the dimensions of the print?

Dry wall size . I have heard 300 Pt/Pd kits ordered from BS was used for this collection.
On the other hand I have seen some of Hass wet plate work is just about the same size of these prints .
Mike, Enjoy the show.

ndg

15-Jan-2014, 19:41

Dry wall size . I have heard 300 Pt/Pd kits ordered from BS was used for this collection.
On the other hand I have seen some of Hass wet plate work is just about the same size of these prints .
Mike, Enjoy the show.

Wow! 300 kits? The cheapest Pd/Pt kit at B&S is $114.99. That is $34,497 if he used that kit! Any other kit and we are the $40k plus range. One can only admire his dedication to the craft. Wish I could see it in person.

ndg

15-Jan-2014, 19:41

Excellent, very well done.

Thanks!

Tri Tran

15-Jan-2014, 22:08

Wow! 300 kits? The cheapest Pd/Pt kit at B&S is $114.99. That is $34,497 if he used that kit! Any other kit and we are the $40k plus range. One can only admire his dedication to the craft. Wish I could see it in person.

Mark your calendars for Photo LA next year then. I bet it will be more interesting things to see. I think Liu is asking 10 K for his print, Hass might come back next year with his work. All we wish to see is … more collectors :)

Jim Fitzgerald

15-Jan-2014, 22:17

Mark your calendars for Photo LA next year then. I bet it will be more interesting things to see. I think Liu is asking 10 K for his print, Hass might come back next year with his work. All we wish to see is … more collectors :)

I'll need to put this on my calendar for sure. Going to Yosemite this weekend but will meet up with you when we get back. It will be nice to meet everyone. Amazing work and please give everyone my best.

Tri Tran

15-Jan-2014, 22:40

Sure Jim . Will see you when you get back from the trip .
Reporting live from Hugo Zhang at the photo LA artist opening night . This print is now SOLD.

Hugo Zhang

16-Jan-2014, 08:11

It is at the Art Show five minutes away from Photo LA. Bigger place and more people I think. A few hundred booths with all kinds of arts. The print is 12 x 5 feet and a tanned lady walked by and looked at it and walked away and then back again to look at it more carefully all smiling and asked a few questions and decided it would be so nice to hang it on her wall.

I will visit Photo LA today.

Jim Fitzgerald

16-Jan-2014, 08:34

Hugo, the prints look awesome on my screen. Be sure to give him my congratulations on the sale and show. Looking forward to meeting Hass and seeing everyone again.

AtlantaTerry

16-Jan-2014, 09:34

It was a treat to see this fall after 2 miles hiking through the Sapa mountains rice terrace. It's located North of Vietnam, about 30 min to South China border. It's unspoiled land but very difficult to get there. It took us 9 hrs by train (100 year old train left by the French back in the 1930s) from Hanoi is the only transportation in order to get there besides a moped bicycle. If you plan to go there please reserve your train 6 months in advance.

TT,

Have you thought about organizing a photography tour to the area for some of us LF photographers?

Tri Tran

16-Jan-2014, 11:35

TT,

Have you thought about organizing a photography tour to the area for some of us LF photographers?
Thanks for suggestion. I wish I have time for this right now , hopefully in a few years. There is a tour called Viet Explore which booked for my last trip. You can request for a private tour but please book them from your travel agent , otherwise you will become a walkin' tourist. I can help you with the itinerary .

Tri Tran

17-Jan-2014, 23:28

Artist Liu , me and Hass the Chamonix camera factory owner today at the LA Convention center Art show 2014. Historic, Modern, Contemporary
The biggest Platinum/ Palladium Mural print size that no one has never done before.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/703/1gvz.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/jj1gvzj)

Tri Tran

18-Jan-2014, 08:13

Some more of the Artist Liu work . Book signed for sure. This is a super nice book, it has Tri-folded pages to show his work.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/690/dz0v.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/j6dz0vj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/853/kzsy.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/npkzsyj)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/835/lsc3.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/n7lsc3j)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/854/jyuc.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/nqjyucj)

Tin Can

18-Jan-2014, 11:55

Hi Tri Tran,

I want to show off this particular LFF page in it's entirety on my FaceBook page. I wonder if this is legal or fair usage if I copy the whole page including all source info. Like this below. I simply want to show a greater audience the work and artist and a link to this LFF thread is too much for people to wade through. I will only share the below screen grab, IF I have your permission. If there is a better way to promote this work in situ, please let me know.

Thank you.

108708

Artist Liu , me and Hass the Chamonix camera factory owner today at the LA Convention center Art show 2014. Historic, Modern, Contemporary
The biggest Platinum/ Palladium Mural print size that no one has never done before.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/703/1gvz.jpg (https://imageshack.com/i/jj1gvzj)

Tri Tran

18-Jan-2014, 12:28

Tin Can

18-Jan-2014, 12:36

Thank you!

You are more than welcome Randy . TT

Andrew O'Neill

18-Jan-2014, 12:38

Bloody amazing! I think I would be bankrupt if I attempted platinum prints that large. He must have a huge exposure system as well.

ndg

22-Jan-2014, 10:26

'The Snowy Path" - my first Copper Plate Photogravure print

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/SnowyPath.jpg

Printed on Magnani Pescia white paper
Size 9"x12"
Akua Carbon Black ink

hendrik faure

23-Jan-2014, 06:31

'The Snowy Path" - my first Copper Plate Photogravure print

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/SnowyPath.jpg

Printed on Magnani Pescia white paper
Size 9"x12"
Akua Carbon Black ink

congratulation!
hendrik

ndg

23-Jan-2014, 06:58

congratulation!
hendrik

Thank you!

ndg

25-Jan-2014, 08:47

"Pisgah Pike" - another copper plate photogravure

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/PisgahPike.jpg

Original image captured with Mamiya 7 a while back.
Positive printed on Pictorico OHP.
Size - 8" x 12"
Paper - Magnani Pescia white
Ink - Akua Carbon Black

andreios

25-Jan-2014, 09:10

These are both very nice, congratulations

ndg

25-Jan-2014, 09:55

Thanks Andrej!

These are both very nice, congratulations

ndg

4-Feb-2014, 18:09

Forgive me if I seem to have hijacked this thread….not my intention…just been printing a lot…
I really enjoy alternative work.
Anyway, I ventured into the Land of Carbon again…

"Peeling off" - a carbon print
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Peeling-off-02.jpg

Lens - Fuji 450 mm f12.5 at f32
Film - expired HP5 8x10 in D76
Paper - gelatin-sized Fabriano Artistico

hendrik faure

7-Feb-2014, 05:02

hope you will go on with photogravuren!

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u568/hfa8/deadcat_mail_zpsdcb9d068.jpg

8x10 pinhole hp5 hc110b copperplate gravure somerset antique gamblin bone black

ndg

7-Feb-2014, 06:50

hope you will go on with photogravuren!

http://i1322.photobucket.com/albums/u568/hfa8/deadcat_mail_zpsdcb9d068.jpg

8x10 pinhole hp5 hc110b copperplate gravure somerset antique gamblin bone black

Nice image, Hendrik. I plan to keep at it. Nothing beats seeing that etched image in the copper plate.

ndg

8-Feb-2014, 13:12

"Onions"
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Onions.jpg
A gold-and-selenium-toned kallitype
Film - FP4 8x10 in HC110-B
Lens - Verito 18" @ f6
Paper - Magnani Revere Platinum paper

Alessandro Bocchi

8-Feb-2014, 13:21

Padua (PD) Italy - Chiara in the mirror of the bathroom.

- Camera: TOYO-FIELD 45 AII L (Linhof)
- Lens: SCHNEIDER Symmar 150 1:5.6 Convertible
- Exposure: f 16-22 - 1/5 second
- Film: Reclaimed negative of a Fuji Instant Black and White Film FP-3000B
- Lightmeter: Gossen Lunasix 3 reading the incident light.
- Lightning: Ambient light only.

- Scanner: EPSON V700 and EPSON Scan 3.81
- Software: Adobe Photoshop CS4

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8249/8545356815_ad69fe585b_h.jpg

Tin Can

8-Feb-2014, 13:25

I liked the Biker and the Fujiroid neg.

Nice!

ndg

16-Feb-2014, 11:54

"Jacobson Park" - a copper plate photogravure
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/J-Park.jpg

Image printed on Seichosen Kozo washi, chine colle on Magnani Pescia paper
Charbonnel Black ink.

Many thanks to Sandy King and Dick Sullivan on tips about using the B&S tissue for photogravure.

hendrik faure

16-Feb-2014, 15:46

"Jacobson Park" - a copper plate photogravure
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/J-Park.jpg

Great!
hendrik

ndg

16-Feb-2014, 15:56

Great!
hendrik

Thanks Hendrik. I really appreciate the encouragement.

Leigh

16-Feb-2014, 16:25

"Jacobson Park" - a copper plate photogravure
Image printed on Seichosen Kozo washi, chine colle on Magnani Pescia paper
Charbonnel Black ink.
Very nice.

Just an observation...
The photo would have more "snap" if the white boarder was narrower, or gray or black.

- Leigh

ndg

16-Feb-2014, 16:44

Leigh, thanks for the observation.

jcoldslabs

16-Feb-2014, 17:09

The photo would have more "snap" if the white boarder was narrower.

Now, now. As long as they pay their rent on time boarders can be any color they like. ;)

Jonathan

Leigh

16-Feb-2014, 17:56

8-p

There is a down-side to touch typing.

I do better than 60 wpm, but the words are not always right. Proof reading before I submit would help.

- Leigh

tgtaylor

16-Feb-2014, 18:31

Salted paper print from 8x10 negative:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/12578268264_6ba8b93108_c.jpg

Thomas

jcoldslabs

16-Feb-2014, 19:03

There is a down-side to touch typing. I do better than 60 wpm.

I guess the upside to my hunt and peck approach is fewer errors. The downside is my 25 WPM speed. Luckily for me the practice of photography requires no words at all, unless you count fits of swearing when I drop things.

J.

ndg

16-Feb-2014, 19:20

Nice! Any toning?

Salted paper print from 8x10 negative:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7382/12578268264_6ba8b93108_c.jpg

Thomas

tgtaylor

17-Feb-2014, 09:35

Thanks Nanadadzie. Actually it's not a good scan: The print was gold toned so that only a hint of red remained.

Thomas

NiNo

17-Feb-2014, 22:45

Good day/evening/night all!
I am new here and alt-photography is what i try to learn atm. Just let me start :)
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It's carbon transfer from 5x7" HP5+

mdm

18-Feb-2014, 00:58

Beautiful. 5x7 is a super format for carbon transfer. Small enough that its not too much work and big enough to dazzle.

ndg

21-Feb-2014, 15:29

"Fragile" - a gold-toned Kallitype

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Fragile.jpg

Shot on FP4 with Wollensak Vesta in studio with one strobe and reflector.
Scanned and dig neg printed on Pictorico.
Print on Arches Platine paper.
(Scan of image on film previously posted on "Stilllife" thread).

mgeiss

24-Feb-2014, 12:40

Coffee toned Cyanotype

http://abload.de/img/shakerefxxb.jpg

ndg

24-Feb-2014, 12:51

Coffee toned Cyanotype

http://abload.de/img/shakerefxxb.jpg

Nice!

Erik Larsen

24-Feb-2014, 14:03

Great tones mgeiss!

mgeiss

24-Feb-2014, 21:45

Thanks ndg and Erik!
I also like the tones, but i'm having a hart time getting the scan to look like the original. I can't get both the color of the paper base and the toned image itself right. Seems like i need a grey card for scanning along with the image.

mgeiss

26-Feb-2014, 00:31

Does the Moersch MT2 toner make a kallitype more archival, or does it merely change the color?

I know, i'm late and you may already know by now: The MT2 carbon toner does indeed make prints more archival. It's a combined sulphide-selenium toner.

grzybu

26-Feb-2014, 01:30

Kallitype from x-ray negative, 13x18cm, on Aquafine smooth Daler Rowney paper.
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3766/12788409255_bea8c98611_o.jpg

NiNo

26-Feb-2014, 08:28

a little bit more time needed...
pigment transfer 5x7"

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ndg

27-Feb-2014, 18:04

"Serene" - a platinum-toned Kallitype

http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Serenity.jpg

Camera - Shen Hao FCL810-A
Film - FP4 8x10, developed in HC 110B
Lens - Fujinon 450 mm f12 @ f22 with 3.0 ND filter (3 min exposure)
Film negative scanned and dig neg printed on Pictorico for this print.
Paper - Arches Platine

6-Mar-2014, 19:40

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTD-y_2TVvI

I made a quick little video showing how I tone cyanotypes with tannic acid.

MIke Sherck

6-Mar-2014, 20:35

Would have been interesting for a final shot to show the untoned cyanotype next to the toned one. Interesting and useful, thanks!

Mike

6-Mar-2014, 20:44

The actual wet print is still drying, but the video starts with toned and untoned laying about. Thanks!

grzybu

7-Mar-2014, 01:33

My first "full frame" kallitype made of whole 18x24cm x-ray negative:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7383/12965389553_cd5fa9d542_o.jpg

Tri Tran

8-Mar-2014, 00:44

NiNo

8-Mar-2014, 05:17

http://image6.photobiz.com/2501/20140308014330_171721.jpg

http://image7.photobiz.com/3846/20140308014407_171722.jpg

I took out the 20x24 holder tonight for this shot. Why pay $800 for 20x24 in FP4 /box when you can have for what you want but MUCH LESS :) ? Here's a shot that I just made with Lith film for $5 / sheet. F32 at 20 sec 1800 w CFL. The contrast looks real promising . Carbon tissue will made soon for this Carbon transfer print.

it looks nice
can u tell please how much is ISO of this lith film

id like to buy a pack of arista ortolith but i have no plan how to shoot this film
thatswhy i try to make shots with RC Paper

overnight exposed pigment transfer (5x7'' RC Ilford MG IV to Slavich Unibrom RC, 25Watt NoName BLB)
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mgeiss

8-Mar-2014, 14:14

Cyanotype toned in tannic acid.

http://abload.de/img/teekanne0mso2.jpg

ndg

8-Mar-2014, 14:34

Cyanotype toned in tannic acid.

http://abload.de/img/teekanne0mso2.jpg

Nice image!

Tri Tran

8-Mar-2014, 22:35

It's an old Ultrafine Lith film. I have never tested the ISO so I don't know exactly what it is rated for. It all depends , each individual workflow and lighting set up are different . So I suggest you to test it in your own environment to find out what suits best for you . Good luck and don't be afraid to try.

it looks nice
can u tell please how much is ISO of this lith film

id like to buy a pack of arista ortolith but i have no plan how to shoot this film
thatswhy i try to make shots with RC Paper

overnight exposed pigment transfer (5x7'' RC Ilford MG IV to Slavich Unibrom RC, 25Watt NoName BLB)
111723

UlbabraB

9-Mar-2014, 06:35

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2788/13032922273_d0f1cdb5b3_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulbabrab/13032922273/)
Tra valle Zavelea e argine Agosta (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulbabrab/13032922273/) di Filippo Natali (http://www.flickr.com/people/ulbabrab/), su Flickr

8,5x15" Palladium toned Kallitype, Wephota 100 (alias Fomapan 100) developed in Pyrocat-MC 2+2+100

andreios

9-Mar-2014, 15:48

Very nice print. And a lovely format also! Are you using some indian vageeswari camera?

UlbabraB

9-Mar-2014, 16:18

Thanks! Yes, it's a Vageswaari 8,5x15", I love a lot the format and the compactness of the camera!

Tri Tran

11-Mar-2014, 18:17

It's still wet as you can see . My new born 20x24 in Carbon contact print with Ortho Lith in camera negative.

http://image3.photobiz.com/430/20140311201118_171864.jpg

http://image11.photobiz.com/5702/20140311201136_171865.jpg

http://image4.photobiz.com/948/20140311201204_171866.jpg

http://image5.photobiz.com/1773/20140311201336_171867.jpg

Jim Cole

12-Mar-2014, 07:08

TT,

Lovely! That carbon does wonderful things.

Jim Noel

12-Mar-2014, 09:19

Beautiful as usual Tri

Tri Tran

12-Mar-2014, 09:58

Thank you both. There was a lot of prep work for the last 2 days, including the drying time for the tissue. It's rewarding when you see the result though.

UlbabraB

12-Mar-2014, 10:02

It looks gorgeous TriTran!

Vaughn

12-Mar-2014, 10:06

Well done, Tri! The background works very well with the still life...and a nice rich color.

Largest I have done for myself has been 7x17 and 11x14, though I helped a student with a 16x20 a long while back.

Tri Tran

12-Mar-2014, 10:44

Thanks Filippo.
Thanks Vaughn,
Beyond the 14x17 is quite challenging. it's completely a whole new workflow . It can be real messy if we don't plan things right. Both technique and mechanical work. I'm very happy with the tone and the relief especially when it dried.

sanking

12-Mar-2014, 11:21

Nice print, Tri. And you did a great job in controlling contrast with the lith negative.

Now you need a big Howtek scanner so you can scan those 20X24" negatives and make even larger carbon prints!

Sandy

Vaughn

12-Mar-2014, 11:24

Tri Tran

12-Mar-2014, 11:43

Noted Sandy & Vaughn. Let me clear with my significant other or " We " the carbon printers has to move in together . You know what I mean :)

mgeiss

13-Mar-2014, 10:59

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Toned Cyanotype

Pfiltz

13-Mar-2014, 17:31

Yummy images...

I'll be trying to do my first Cyanotype's next week, after my chems come in. I don't have the paper yet either. My question is are you scanning in your 4x5's or other film, and then scaling up the image and printing that to some type of transparency to serve as the emulsion for the print?

13-Mar-2014, 18:13

I just use the original negative. I can make digital negatives if my negative is screwed up in terms of contrast or the wrong size. But it's usually best to keep it simple and use the actual 4x5 negative. Put a piece of mylar over it if you're worried about it contacting your coated paper.

Jim Fitzgerald

13-Mar-2014, 18:40

Noted Sandy & Vaughn. Let me clear with my significant other or " We " the carbon printers has to move in together . You know what I mean :)

A carbon commune!!! I'm in! Always wanted to go bigger than 14x17!

mgeiss

20-Mar-2014, 09:04

http://abload.de/img/flaschejxu4h.jpg

Toned Cyanotype

plaubel

20-Mar-2014, 13:43

Best of your recent work, just my opinion.

Greetings,
Ritchie

Andrew O'Neill

21-Mar-2014, 10:47

Doors of Bath Abbey. Digital negative made from 4x5 HP5. Carbon transfer print.

ndg

21-Mar-2014, 11:53

Doors of Bath Abbey. Digital negative made from 4x5 HP5. Carbon transfer print.

Nice detail.

Vaughn

21-Mar-2014, 12:03

Two 4x10 platinum/palladium prints. Sorry that one scanned a little on the purple side.

Alabama Hills and Yosemite Valley, 24" RD Artar and 19" RD Artar respectively. Both on FGP4+, I believe.

davehyams

21-Mar-2014, 12:40

Nice prints Vaughn, beautifully seen and rendered. what paper are these on?

Vaughn

21-Mar-2014, 12:50

Thanks, COT320 (warm Potassium oxalate)

TheToadMen

22-Mar-2014, 08:32

This is a Salt Print I made:

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The streaks on the right side of the nose (upper right corner) are from uneven coating of the aquarel paper with a brush, to make the paper light sensitive before exposing it with a negative (sandwich as a contact print).
Bert from Holland
http://thetoadmen.blogspot.nl

ndg

23-Mar-2014, 20:42

Till now, the largest film format I have shot is 8x10. For my alt process work, I have scanned the 8x10 negatives and created larger digital negatives. Recently, I got the 11x14 back for my Century 8A camera repaired and decided to shoot a few 11x14 images for alt process work. These couple of images are platinum-palladium prints on Arches Platine paper. I do not like my brush strokes to show so I mask the edges.

"In the Kitchen"
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/Kitchen.jpg

"In the Woods"
http://nanadadzie.com/darkroom/pix/InTheWoods.jpg

Camera - Century 8A with 11x14 back
Lens - Wollensak Vitax 16" @ f32
Lights - 2 strobes
Film - Kodak Ortho-Green 11x14 X-ray film
Developer - Rodinal, 1:50, in Jobo @ 68 deg

Note:I don't have a large scanner so the images of the prints were captured with a digital camera!

Emil Schildt

25-Mar-2014, 10:05

Could post this in "Still Life" - in "Nudes" or here...

A kind of Still - Kind od nude - but a true Bromoil Print..

Cropped 665 pol negative..

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/still_396749.jpg

Tin Can

25-Mar-2014, 10:08

[QUOTE=gandolfi;1123633]Could post this in "Still Life" - in "Nudes" or here...

A kind of Still - Kind od nude - but a true Bromoil Print..

Cropped 665 pol negative..

Dust to dust.

Wonderful image.

I'm buying your book next paycheck!

Pfiltz

25-Mar-2014, 10:52

My first successful Cyanotpe... 5x4 neg 3 minute exposure, cloudy day.

http://www.keepsakephotography.us/Cyanotype/cyanotypeflower.jpg

Emil Schildt

27-Mar-2014, 07:34

Not a great image, I know...

But it is interesting for me to chase the borders of what I can control when using different colors in Bromoil Print...

cropped 665 neg.
Multicolored Bromoil Print.

"Anna"

(I'll add a small "framed" version of this too....)

http://www.apug.org/gallery1/files/4/8/8/7/anna2.jpg

D-tach

27-Mar-2014, 08:30

Not a great image!? :-) it's gorgeous

Tin Can

27-Mar-2014, 09:59

+1

I am ordering Bromoil supplies today.

Not a great image!? :-) it's gorgeous

Vaughn

29-Mar-2014, 20:03

A carbon print. Jury is still out on it -- I need to live with it for awhile. Ninety-five plus percent of the visitors to Yosemite Valley have probably stop here at a wide spot along the road to take this scene. But mine is little slightly different -- it is backwards, being a single transfer carbon print.

Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park
4x10 negative, 19" RD Artar

David Swinnard

29-Mar-2014, 20:37

Vaughn, this jury member likes it a lot.

Tin Can

29-Mar-2014, 21:43

Gives me vertigo. Really well done.

A carbon print. Jury is still out on it -- I need to live with it for awhile. Ninety-five plus percent of the visitors to Yosemite Valley have probably stop here at a wide spot along the road to take this scene. But mine is little slightly different -- it is backwards, being a single transfer carbon print.

Bridalveil Fall, Yosemite National Park
4x10 negative, 19" RD Artar