[Aug. 2025 - Near Hebron, IL] Trunk Lines
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Leica M4, 50mm f/2 V3 Summicron, TMX@100, red filter, semistand processed in Pyrocat-HDC for 25min, scan of silver print.
ankle destroyers series
Ha, after thousands of trail/streambed miles here in the Southern Appalachias I’m afraid my peroneal tendons are about shot.
At any rate, a great approach but you might check out Gary Geboy’s latest palladium print over on FB to see what he’s able to do with the high key part of the scene. Of course a series of, say ,14x17” prints might have you casing catalytic converters in short order.
Having fractured both ankles I tend to follow John Muir's advice and sautner, rather than hike.
I did see Gary's post and I wonder if that was also shot on a Holga. I finally pulled the trigger on some kallitype chemicals and platinum toner, and I have more COT 320 on hand than I care to admit
Another one from the ankle destroyers series printed as a cyanotype and toned with mushroom coffee
I hope you like working with Kallitype — I found it easier to control than Salted Paper, less inclined to show faults, less fussy, etc. Once you've toned the print, there's virtually no difference, visually, between a Kallitype and a Salt print or even a Platinum/Paladium print.
kallitype
Excellent, if you haven’t already you might check out Don Nelson’s book—pretty encyclopedic, with some great work from Sandy King et al.
Of course, what I really want to turn some of y’all onto is photogravure landscapes, especially since Cone has these “print-to-plate” offerings now…you ought to be able to rent studio space and time on an etching press no problem in your part of the world.
Great toning!
Sandy King
Ha, Sandy’s definitely one of the OG’s of the alt world.
BTW, it was your HABs shot of the textile mill that got me thinking about photogravaure—it seems to be a process that will give you the tonality of platinum in the highlights while retaining a burly Dmax in open shadows, (The
light filtering through the glass block window especially strikes me as a challenge to “keep alive” )
https://habsphotography.com/
Sorry, just a bit of shorthand on my part for the subject matter. At any rate, I think any number of POP approaches would work great—I’ll be especially curious how warm or cold the final image looks, depending on your developer temp and/or toning.
Photographed on Adox CHS 100 II with the Horizon S3 camera.
Stepped into the kallitype domain this weekend. Watching the print change numerous times before your eyes is pretty fascinating. This is toned with platinum.
Good job. My first Kallitypes did not look this good!
Excellent, I’ll be very interested in how this jibes with your tastes—for myself, a photo that is “texture dependent” like this one really benefits from the extra crunch, especially in the upper midtones. Otherwise, I’m afraid I’m going to insist on cleaner borders on your platinotypes, though….
Note to self: do not brush emulsion on after two cups of coffeeOtherwise, I’m afraid I’m going to insist on cleaner borders on your platinotypes, though….
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