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Good combo of sepia and selenium. Works well

I agree it works really well. I've been experimenting with sepia and selenium but never on RC cooltone paper.

Very nice.

Excellent! I would like to try that. In what order do you tone, and what treatment in between baths?

pentaxuser said:

Good combo of sepia and selenium. Works well

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SJC1952 said:

I agree it works really well. I've been experimenting with sepia and selenium but never on RC cooltone paper.

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mfohl said:

Very nice.

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PerA said:

Excellent! I would like to try that. In what order do you tone, and what treatment in between baths?

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Thanks for the comments and likes.
Generally speaking if you want a nice split tone you use (after the normal fixing and washing) selenium, wash, bleach, wash, then sepia and wash. Just need to get the selenium bath just enough for a slight colour change. If you give it too much then the bleach isn't as effective. There is lots of combinations you can use on different papers to get what you like.
I'm just using 5x7 cooltone cause it's the cheapest paper I can get, although I do like it for certain prints. The gloss has the darkest blacks and vivid whites I've seen on any paper. The newer Ilford RC papers tone better than the older stuff.

You have been doing a fine job with that Holga!
Robert

awty said:

Thanks for the comments and likes.
Generally speaking if you want a nice split tone you use (after the normal fixing and washing) selenium, wash, bleach, wash, then sepia and wash. Just need to get the selenium bath just enough for a slight colour change. If you give it too much then the bleach isn't as effective. There is lots of combinations you can use on different papers to get what you like.
I'm just using 5x7 cooltone cause it's the cheapest paper I can get, although I do like it for certain prints. The gloss has the darkest blacks and vivid whites I've seen on any paper. The newer Ilford RC papers tone better than the older stuff.

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Thanks for the advice. I was wondering why the bleach after selenium toning wasn't very effective.