Re: enlarging paper negatives

Leezy,

I've made 8x10 color paper negatives with my 8x10 pinhole.

One of the difficulty I've had with color paper as negative to turn into
positive is the fact that all paper companies (as far as I could tell) have
their name/logo in thread on the backside of their color paper.
Unfortunately, these threads then translate onto your positive and is not so
attractive. I have not found a way to deal with that.

Another tricky issue to deal with is the color filtration at the
negative-creation stage, if you are to make a positive image. Color paper is
calibrated to tungsten light and you need to correct with a blue filter. But
then color negatives have an orange base and, since the filtration in the
enlarger is calibrated for that, you need to have a similar orange filter in
your negative carrier.

Has anybody else played with color paper negatives?

Cheers,

Guy

B2MYOUNG@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 11/11/01 6:38:32 PM, etherealart@MindSpring.com writes:
>
> << Actually, I think leezy meant film for the color part. >>
>
> I really meant paper too.
> The whole business is tricky but lots of fun.
> If anyone does it, please post the results.
> thanks
> leezy
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 12 06:12:50 2001