Lazarus Toning Procedure - Sepia

Hi there,

I found the following on Maco's website ( www.mahn.net ) included with the technical information for their LP-SEPIA toner, and was wondering if anybody has done this or some other procedure to achieve a light sepia tone. I've never done it, but I'm thinking of giving it a go in combination with selenium toning.

"The use of the Lazarus-Toning-Procedure, in short LTP*, makes it possible to
achieve photos with a slight brown image tone without having fully brown toned photos:
Dilute part A (bleach) 1 + 100, immersion time 2-4 minutes, then wash thoroughly , immerse into bath B (toner) which you have diluted 1 + 50 for about 2-4 minutes. This is followed by the final wash."

Thanks,

Murray

Murray,

It sounds very similar to a "conventional" sepia toning procedure? Bleach followed by toning? Amount/darkness/depth of sepia controlled by time in toner and toner concentration?

Get a hold of a copy of Tim Ruddman's book on toning. It is a very useful reference and well worth the cost. If cost is an issue, have your local library get it via inte-rlibrary loan. Tim provides great detail on many different aspects of toning including using bleaches, straight and dilluted, to achieve various effects. The book also shows many examples using many different types of paper, which is important as different papers will show different results.

- Randy

I've been meaning to give a print a dip in
a weak solution of the toner sodium sulfide.
A minimal solution volume may
promote sulfideing. Dan

Diluting the bleach bath just makes it easier to control. You can simply put the print in the normal strength bleach and pull it out and shove under running water as soon as you see the highlights start to go. That way you get little if any browning of the shadows, giving a simple split-tone effect. More interesting to me is a reverse split with brown shadows and grey/white highlights... not had much luck with that...

Cheers, Bob.

"I tone, therefore I read Tim Rudman"

If interested in toning, also look at "Creative Elements: Landscape Photography - Darkroom Techniques" by Eddie Ephraums. He gives formulas for thiocarbamide toning (as does Tim Rudman) which will provide a wider range of "sepia" than the conventional (and smelly) sepia toners.