Gents,
i am working my way into platinum/palladium printing. I built a UV exposure unit and am using 8 20-watt BL tubes. I have been doing some 4x5 prints with it and have had some negs that i processed in Ilfosol3 come out really nicely after 10 minutes, but a recent batch of negs developed in Pyrocat HD 1:200 that are printing out at 60-90 minutes. Do these times seem excessively long? As a newby, I read some notes about humidity, but I was wondering if high summer temperature could be a contributor to longer exposure times. On a related note can temperature increase contrast in the final print?
Thanks in advance
Robert
P.S. The dress was a 30 minute exposure and the bride was 90 minutes and to my eye could use still more.
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