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A forest canopy covered creek in Washington shot on 4x5 Ilford Delta 100

I'm very interested in Moersch SE6 blue - I had never heard of it before but after some quick googling this seems like an awesome place to start. Thanks for mentioning it!

Great info, thank you very much. I've recently been going down the rabbit hole of selenium toning. Is it reasonable to expect similar cooler tones and increased Dmax or is it entirely different? Would selenium toning cool tone paper result in something bizarre?

Interesting - a cooler tone with a longer developing time I imagine?

This thread has derailed. Can we go back to cool tone paper? I'd really like to learn more about others' experiences and less about whatever this is.

I think there's a general understanding of limitations in what others share here. I'm not looking for an exact replica of what a print looks like in person and I have no expectation of seeing any "sheen." I'm also certainly not in the group of people that are "pissed." If someone is able to...

Takes up a lot more space, true, but I much prefer the tent. I feel far more clumsy in the bags and it just ends up taking me much longer.

I don't believe it's impossible to show tonal differences in papers. I've managed to both scan and photograph prints to show comparatively the impact selenium toning has on fiber paper and it's quite clear. If the same potential is untrue for paper types rather than post-print toning then please...

Beautiful, I really like how they turned out! I'm really leaning toward giving this a go.

Interesting, nice shot. I've been going down a rabbit hole of digitizing prints in a color/tone-accurate way and more or less abandoned scanning efforts and just shoot them in my studio as it's a far more familiar scene to me than scanning. I'd be very curious to hear how the cool tone paper...

I have some botanical 4x5 shots I did in-studio and I have this feeling they might look good on cool tone paper. I've never used it and haven't seen too many examples out in the wild. If you've used it, I would be very grateful if you shared your experience in the darkroom - any way in which...

I've fallen victim to the PNW's rain season and I've certainly had less opportunities to get out, as well. I think my brain would be in a pretty rough spot if I weren't able to shoot in the studio and print in the darkroom. Being introduced to these artists and their respective books has been...

Unreal... Kenro Izu - Flora This is absolutely remarkable. I'll be venturing into 8x10 platinum palladium printing this year and this portfolio is absolutely inspiring. Again, thank you so much for introducing me to such incredible work!

Oh, these are stunning! This is exactly the kind of work I'm hoping to get inspired by. Really, really appreciate you sharing these, thank you very much.

Oh, well consider this destiny! You'll love it. If you're even remotely interested in that kind of subject it's so worth having around.