I’m having trouble to achieve good results with silver gelatin emulsion on sheets of paper.
I’d really appreciate if someone could help me find out what I may be doing wrong.
Here, I’ve created a flickr account to showcase some of my experiments.
Most of them has very low contrast and the coating is never regular.
I’ve made two emulsion samples (listed at the end of this topic). The second one was an attempt to increase the contrast. The prints were made with a enlarger in various times of exposure. I’ve also tested with three differents developers (Dektol, ID-14 and D8). Besides all of that, I tried to make some baryta coating too.
All of this information are present in the descripton of every piece on Flickr.
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Sample 1:
Solution A:
15 g gelatin
15 g potassium bromide
5 g NaCl
2 g citric acid (C6H8O7)
250 ml water
mix sol. at 50°C
Solution B:
12 g silver nitrate
100 ml water
raise temp. at 50°C
Sample 2:
Solution A:
40 g gelatin
16 g potassium bromide
250 ml water
mix sol. at 55°C
Solution B:
20 g silver nitrate
125ml water
raise temp. at 55°C
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Thanks!
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EDIT: The emulsion is unwashed and some of the prints has Sensitization (finishing).
I’d really appreciate if someone could help me find out what I may be doing wrong.
Here, I’ve created a flickr account to showcase some of my experiments.
Most of them has very low contrast and the coating is never regular.
I’ve made two emulsion samples (listed at the end of this topic). The second one was an attempt to increase the contrast. The prints were made with a enlarger in various times of exposure. I’ve also tested with three differents developers (Dektol, ID-14 and D8). Besides all of that, I tried to make some baryta coating too.
All of this information are present in the descripton of every piece on Flickr.
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Sample 1:
Solution A:
15 g gelatin
15 g potassium bromide
5 g NaCl
2 g citric acid (C6H8O7)
250 ml water
mix sol. at 50°C
Solution B:
12 g silver nitrate
100 ml water
raise temp. at 50°C
Sample 2:
Solution A:
40 g gelatin
16 g potassium bromide
250 ml water
mix sol. at 55°C
Solution B:
20 g silver nitrate
125ml water
raise temp. at 55°C
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Thanks!
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EDIT: The emulsion is unwashed and some of the prints has Sensitization (finishing).
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