I was thinking the same thing. When the registration is 100% accurate, and the filtration and light are good, it seems like this process generates a more realistic reproduction of colours. Perhaps "realistic" is not exactly the right word - because the photos retain their distinctive character even if the colours are not faithful.
I wouldn’t describe them as realistic either, but I think they’re lovely, and I can’t put my finger on the reason. But this type of color seems to be unique to this kind of processing as far as I can tell. Somehow I’m getting a nostalgic feeling even though the images are fresh.
Makes the whole thing a lot faster and more convenient, IMO.
Quick-Change Magnetic Lens Filter System (49mm) by BHuij
I just got into Trichrome photography, where you take multiple photos of the same subject using black & white film and red, blue, and green filters, and combine them into a final color image. Unscrewing and re-screwing filters so frequently got old fast. I wanted to be able to switch them out...www.thingiverse.com
This is beautiful!
Thank you, @Molli! It looks like you're off to a great start, too. You got some really nice blue tones and hues, vibrant but not garish.
What filters should one use if you want to make a tricolor RA4 print? RGB on the camera and CMY on the enlarger? Or the same filters on both camera and enlarger?
For RA4, you would take tricolor separation negatives specifically exposed and developed, and perhaps masked too, to match the specific paper itself. And you need a precision pin-registered negative carrier and matching film punch to make the three SEQUENTIAL respective exposures. I won't go into the details. This has certainly been done, even on a commercial scale in the past. I have an example stored away somewhere. But it's a lot of work.
In-camera separations are done RGB; the printing is customarily done CMY, although I personally have the ability to print RGB too.
For RA4, you would take tricolor separation negatives specifically exposed and developed, and perhaps masked too, to match the specific paper itself. And you need a precision pin-registered negative carrier and matching film punch to make the three SEQUENTIAL respective exposures. I won't go into the details. This has certainly been done, even on a commercial scale in the past. I have an example stored away somewhere. But it's a lot of work.
In-camera separations are done RGB; the printing is customarily done CMY, although I personally have the ability to print RGB too. The hybrid route would scan the three separations, digitally adjust and align the files, then output the result with an industrial RGB laser printer.
Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. Three individual black and white frames shot through Tiffen #25 Red, #58 Green, and #47 Blue filters, respectively, then combined using GIMP to create a trichrome color image.
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2022.04.18 Roll #304-07085-positive-trichrome.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
Fantastic! Is that Skyline arch? I live in Utah but it's been too many years since I visited Arches. If that is Skyline arch, I remember being there as a little kid and running across a whole bunch of baby rattlesnakes hiding in between some boulders. My parents whisked us out of there very quickly after that discovery
Along the Rim Trail in Bryce Canyon National Park.
Nikon FM2n, AI Nikkor 50mm f/1.8S, Kentmere Pan 400, developed in LegacyPro L110 at 1:31 for 5.5 minutes. Three individual black and white frames shot through Tiffen #25 Red, #58 Green, and #47 Blue filters, respectively, then combined using GIMP to create a trichrome color image.
2023.04.13 Roll #330-08037-positive-trichrome.jpg by dourbalistar, on Flickr
Thank you, @Anon Ymous!Very nice!
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