Film & Developer combo for Salt Prints

[Willie]

Is it true the prints of images taken in the Mountains come out a lot better if one uses Pink Himalayan Salt?

[koraks]

Is it true the prints of images taken in the Mountains come out a lot better if one uses Pink Himalayan Salt?

Yeah, and images taken on the seaside should be made using seawater for the salting solution

Seriously - no.

[Tin Can]

Thank you Gary Samson and Jim Noel

[Jim Noel]

Yeah, and images taken on the seaside should be made using seawater for the salting solution

Seriously - no.

Don't make light of this technique until you've tried it. There was a period of 3-4 years during which ALL of my salt print were made with sea water from the Pacific. The trace elements found in this water ad something special but beyond description.

[koraks]

Oh, don't get me wrong; there can be merit in experimenting with the salts. I never noticed improvements over Cl when using Br or I, but I never tested more complex mixes, let alone uncontrolled ones like seawater.
My argument was that a certain subject matter (and a very unspecific one at that) shouldn't be translated 1:1 into chemistry choices. Maybe with a little more nuance involving brightness ranges, contrast, desired tonality and image tone, there would be some sense to it.