Recent content by Debanjan

Referring to OP - I recently did 2 prints with the same negative .. the sodium acetate developed crisper tones but I observed loss of highlight details. The sodium citrate developer gave much softer tones but retained beautiful highlight details. One point to note is that the papers were not the...

Yes @Andrew O'Neill -- I am clearing after development .. thanks for pointing out

Of late I have been multi toning Kallitype prints and enjoying the colour shifts and the final outcome. I follow the process as listed below - 1. Gold tome after Sodium Citrate development - I am using Moersch MT 10 toner and I reuse + replenish a certain working volume ~ 30 ml for a 8"x10"...

The tones are really soothing @Raghu Kuvempunagar

This indeed is super helpful recipe and Raghu has been kind enough to gift me samples to try.. A sample Kallitype [Gold + Selenium toned] is attached with my post so that you all can also assess the range..

Thank you... Wish that experts like you would also give it a try someday and highlight areas of improvement in the process...

Thank you mate.. Hope others will also try and share further possibilities

Further update: I continued fine tuning the multi layer single development gum print over the weeks. I am happy to state that if one employs a coating rod to coat the gum emulsion and control the exposure as I had explained earlier, you can get really good prints. A sample [3 layers gum over...

Update: Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences and thoughts. I am now confident that this approach will work with gum with some modifications. I will list down what I did and my results below -> 1. Came across literature as well as inputs from @Raghu Kuvempunagar about increased...

Thank you Bob and Koraks.. I am essentially experimenting with monochrome prints and adopting the same route as explained by Koraks .. My only objective is to see if this is a repeatable way to proceed since at my part of the world, humidity and heat are killers (Tropical portion of India) ...

Thank you Andrew for your response. I have come across similar comments about the quick solubility of gum which may render this approach unsuitable for gum prints. However, I tend to get confused for the following reasons / observations - 1. In normal Gum Print, there is development after...

I have been attempting this approach over the last many months in an off and on manner. I did see the Wet Print videos and the launch of PMF (Print Makers Friend) but am yet to try with that material. I also came across posts in the alt photo listings where it has been mentioned that this...

Let me try out and report the outcomes..

@koraks - I followed the process suggested by the OP. Since both @Raghu Kuvempunagar and I have almost identical UV box set-up, in order to compensate for the lower sensitivity of the brown FAC, I started with 150-160% of the normal Cyanotype timing. The paper was given a mild citric acid bath...

I also wanted to update this thread with another discovery related to this process.. I was exposing for approximately 150 - 160% of my Cyanotype exposure timings to get the previous 2 examples I shared here. With normal Cyanotype exposure times, I see that the Copper-Brown dominates the print...