Beet root juice Anthrotype

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• Jun 8, 2020

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Enjoy!

 

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• Jun 9, 2020

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Nice huh! That was the first alt process I tried when I got into large format photography. I tried beetroot, red onion, spinach and a few more things. They all worked, but beetroot was definitely the easier/more effective one. I don't think I saved the prints, but it was enough to get me interested in alt process printing!

 

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• Jun 9, 2020

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How do you keep it from fading after you are done with it?

 

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Keep it in the dark. Or scan it...

 

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• Jun 9, 2020

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Yeah, it would be nice if you can fix it.

This would be a perfect magenta layer if doing a CMYK prints...

 

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• Jun 10, 2020

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It took me forever to figure out this was a direct positive process. A lot of the earlier descriptions of the process make no real reference this fact.

 

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Well, it's a pos-pos process, not really direct positive. It's a tad slow for that.

 

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Aren't all anthotypes positive processes - UV bleaching of the dye responsible for the natural color so where there is no exposure, original color remains.