Bones

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  Mark Fisher

• Mar 8, 2009

The paper matches the image well. I may have to get a pack of Varycon. Nice image. You may want to try it again with more feathered edge burns (or there is a processing problem of some sort).

 

• Erik L

• Mar 9, 2009

thanks mark, the whole right side is over developed compared to the rest for some reason, I was looking for the rock to expose and the rest just went black - I shall endeavor to do it with more care on the next try erik

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Mar 9, 2009

Nice result, Erik. I use Varycon a lot with AristaLith, and love it. I find that shorter exposures turn out best with this combination. I get this very warm brownish tone with golden highlights that I absolutely don't want to tone afterward! Great for natural landscapes with water in them particularly. Strong developer and short exposure should get pretty far with this combo.

Example: http://www.apug.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=36103&ppuser=395

Have fun!

 

• Erik L

• Mar 9, 2009

Thanks Thomas, I was hoping for results similar to the link you provided but I'm not doing something correctly I'm getting mostly dull gray! what dilution are you using if I may ask? erik

 

• Uhner

• Mar 9, 2009

It is a very nice image. I like the tonality and colours and how you emphasized the central parts of the print.

 

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  Thomas Bertilsson

• Mar 9, 2009

Erik, I use the powder kit of Arista Lith, and I use 200ml A + 200ml B + 2,800ml water + 800ml old brown. I season the developer with two sheets of 8x10 paper that is so fogged I can't use it for anything else.
And I use the developer at 80*F.

 

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  Wolfgang Moersch

• Mar 9, 2009

 

• Erik L

• Mar 9, 2009

thanks Thomas for the instructions. Thanks Uhner! Wolfgang, what do you mean by "stiff necked"? I don't follow erik