Tulips, Selenium Toned
bsdunek

Tulips, Selenium Toned

Started out as the other Tulips Lumen photo. I thought Selenium toning might enhance it, but it quickly took away the color. Happened so fast I couldn't save it. Just a lesson - don't Selenium tone Lumen prints.
Location
Deck
Equipment Used
Printing Frame
Exposure
2 1/2 hours
Film & Developer
none
Paper & Developer
Kodak Polycontrast III, Fixer only
Lens Filter
None
What happens if you leave it in even longer? Or, if you sepia tone first?

For instance, lith prints from Fomatone paper turns a weird color if you selenium tone right after fix and wash. But if you bleach back a slightly overexposed print just a hair with dilute bleach, tone in sepia, and THEN selenium tone, the effect is a color enhancement.

And, Agfa Portriga Rapid turns completely gray if it's selenium toned right after lith printing. But if the above trick is applied, I can get a beautiful chocolate brown tone in selenium instead.

Worth exploring, maybe?
 
While lith printing, I've found that a print will turn gray at first, but will slowly move toward a plummy or a brown tone...depending on the paper.
 

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