Sasayama Shrine: A Carbon Transfer Print

[Andrew O'Neill]

Finally made a carbon transfer print of this scene...

 

[gmikol]

Great video, Andrew ... and a wonderful image too.

Why 2 negatives, though? I would think with a properly calibrated digital negative workflow, you could achieve everything you wanted image-wise in the editing workflow, and then output to a single negative.

I could see how you might want to do it if you were printing directly from a tricky film negative, where the dupe copy makes the adjustments you need, but I'm not understanding the need in a digital negative workflow.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Great video, Andrew ... and a wonderful image too.

Why 2 negatives, though? I would think with a properly calibrated digital negative workflow, you could achieve everything you wanted image-wise in the editing workflow, and then output to a single negative.

I could see how you might want to do it if you were printing directly from a tricky film negative, where the dupe copy makes the adjustments you need, but I'm not understanding the need in a digital negative workflow.

I'm always coming up with hair-brained ideas Purely experimental. I did it mainly to see if I could get a blacker black. I wanted to see if it would make any difference when compared with a single negative print...which I will be doing shortly.

 

[gmikol]

I can get behind experimentation for its own sake.
I would appreciate it if you could post a comparison of the 2 prints.

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Yes, a lot can be learnt from experimentation/trying out an idea. Even if it bares no fruit.

 

[mshchem]

Very nice. Great to see your videos. Brave to push the envelope! Well done!

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Very nice. Great to see your videos. Brave to push the envelope! Well done!

Thank you!

 

[Kino]

You've probably already covered this in other posts, but do you make your own tissues?

 

[koraks]

You've probably already covered this in other posts, but do you make your own tissues?

See video starting from about 0:30!

I'm always coming up with hair-brained ideas

Makes perfect sense to me, though. With carbon, you can keep adding density to the point where you reach the density of the tissue itself, but your average negative poops out long before that point. The idea of adding an extra layer (either through exposure on one tissue or as an actual physical layer) is a great way to give much more oomph to the shadows.

Lovely print; very dreamy, @Andrew O'Neill !

 

[Kino]

Guess I should actually watch the video before I ask...

 

[Andrew O'Neill]

Guess I should actually watch the video before I ask...

No worries, Kino. I have always made my own tissue. If one is serious about carbon printing, it makes sense to do so. I can make the tissue thin, or thick, heavily pigmented, or lightly pigmented. Change the pigment colour, and on and on... Cheers!

 

[Kino]

No worries, Kino. I have always made my own tissue. If one is serious about carbon printing, it makes sense to do so. I can make the tissue thin, or thick, heavily pigmented, or lightly pigmented. Change the pigment colour, and on and on... Cheers!

Thanks, Andrew. Very instructive video and a lovely print!

Maybe one day, I can try that process if I ever get a negative worth printing...