Article on Two-Bath Pyrocat

[sanking]

I have put an article on two-bath Pyrocat on the Pyrocat web site.
http://www.pyrocat-hd.com/html/TwoBathPyrocat.html

My thanks to Ken Lee for his assistance in reviewing the article and placing it on the site. Thanks also to those who sent me film for testing purposes. The results are included in the article as CI charts.

Included with the article are four photographs that were made from negatives developed in two-bath Pyrocat to illustrate the very wide range of tones possible with this simplified method of exposure and development. I would like to add a gallery of work by other photographers using this method and invite you to submit images if you have any, or make any in the next few months. Please include a brief notes about the film, dilution, time of development, and camera or format as you deem appropriate.

Thanks for looking at the article, and I welcome your feedback.

Sandy

[David Karp]

Thank you Sandy. I am going to read it right away!

[TXFZ1]

Very good read, thanks for putting this together.

David

[Kirk Gittings]

Great article thanks. And some wonderful images there too.

[David Karp]

Sandy,

I enjoyed the article and the photographs, especially the first and fourth. Thanks for your contributions in this area.

As you mentioned in the article, it is great to be able to meter the shadows, determine the necessary exposure, and feel confident that you will not lose the highlights. This is a great advantage when working in changing light, and generally makes photographing more about the photograph and less about calculating exposure.

[David Karp]

Sandy, I forgot to add this question: Just to confirm my reading, we follow the same time recommendations for all varieties of Pyrocat?

[sanking]

Sandy, I forgot to add this question: Just to confirm my reading, we follow the same time recommendations for all varieties of Pyrocat?

David,

Yes, same instructions for all of the Pyrocat versions. There may be some slight variations in results but not enough to be significant given the fact that with this methodology we are not aiming for a precise final average gradient.

There may also be slight differences in edge effects between some versions and/or rotary versus intermittent agitation, but the differences are quite subtle.

Sandy

[Lenny Eiger]

Sandy,

Thanks for doing this. I just don't have the time these days to do as much as I'd like to - to figure things out. when someone else does it, I can just follow.... and its great.

I am printing in a platinum look, as you know... I've been using Delta 100 with Xtol 1:1 in the Jobo. I find the Jobo quite convenient, especially the ease at which I can do 10 4x5's at a time..... Xtol has been great, but I am pretty sure your method is even better and I'd like to try it... I have always liked Pyro.

Would you suggest this technique for what I am trying to do, in a Jobo, in your opinion?

Thanks,

Lenny

[Jim Noel]

Sandy,
Thanks for this. I have printed it, read it twice, and put it in my Pyrocat notebook.
I noted with interest that none of the beautiful images shown were developed with a dilution of 1+20. If using this method for Pt/Pd would you think it wise to use 1+10 as a starting point for negatives made of most scenes in similar light?

[Wayne Lambert]

Sandy, very nice work---thank you.

I'm a little more inclined to use a non-staining two-bath developer, and, based on your earlier research on D-23 and Diafine, am I missing out in some important way by not using two-bath pyrocat to provide the advantages of two-bath development?

Wayne