Re: enlarging paper negatives

In a message dated 11/12/01 7:16:42 AM, guy.glorieux@sympatico.ca writes:

<< Unfortunately, these threads then translate onto your positive and is not
so
attractive. I have not found a way to deal with that. >>

Soak the paper and peel off the back. This may leave a texture which you do
or do not like. Other than that, I don't know.

<<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.>>

I never did filtration while shooting. (WillieAnn Wright used filtration in
making Ilfochromes, then Cibas). Without filtration in the negative-creation
stage, the image comes out orange. When you try to make a contact print, the
resulting image is cyan. If you include cyan in you filter pack....lots of
cyan, you begin to see some realistic looking color. It's back and forth with
numerous attempts in the filter pack (dialing) but with patience you'll get
somewhere. It's never 100% realistic color. The real problem for me is when I
try to take the color paper negative and make a DIGITAL positive from it.
THAT has been very difficult. Anybody here have any suggestions or experience
with that?

I like this thread.

Cheers to all my fellow pinholers.

leezy
Received on Mon Nov 12 06:29:02 2001