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Bath ducks

Ron789

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As we all know, bath ducks are very important for obtaining optimal results when printing in the darkroom.
I have 3: one swims in the basin that heats the developer tray, two swim in the final wash tray.
Question: do you have any specific preference for colours and/or number of bath ducks?


 

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Much prefer the classic yellow bath duck, and you would do well to have all your ducks in a row, when printing in the darkroom. You’ll get much better results that way.

Roger
 

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I hear they are very good for breaking the surface tension on the water and resulting in more uniform development.
 

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I am a bit of a traditionalist in the darkroom, so I'd probably choose yellow ones. I wonder what sort of duck St Ansel used?
 

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I know folks around these parts are on the traditionalist side but there's a whole panoply of darkroom floating animals out there.

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Ron789

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Roger Thoms said:
Much prefer the classic yellow bath duck, and you would do well to have all your ducks in a row, when printing in the darkroom. You’ll get much better results that way.

Roger
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Thank you, Roger, for your advice! I think I will go hunting for a few more yellow ducks tomorrow.
 

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Shouldn't the ducks be Magenta, Yellow, and Cyan?
 

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Amateurs.

My duck has a battery grip... that means he's a pro.

 
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I think I nailed it now.... well in a row and added two somewhat larger classic yellow ducks. After thorough considerations I decided to keep the orange and purple in the family, for the sake of diversity:

 
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