Thanks nag, the paper was arches platien. The girls are great, I shot 4 sheets of 8X10 and they all came out wonderful. Thinking of doing a triptych with three shots of them. It would make a great narrative. Koraks, sorry about the high price of ferric oxalate, it isn't that cheap here either. When I spoke with Dana at B&S he concurred with me that the shelf life of the ferric oxalate made with their powder has a long shelf life. Believe it or not, the batch I used was mixed in December of this year and jus sat on a shelf without refrigeration and is still good. It does have a bit of EDTA added to it.