Printing in diffused light on a sunny day
This most recent calotype has only just survived processing where it lost a lot of reduced silver into the developer solution. The result is blotchy and weaker than what I would expect. Therefore the print needs more contrast, especially to save the important shadows. Having set the frame to face just blue skies for two hrs I am now ready to give it more light but still diffused. Therefore,the shower curtain has been dismounted and used here to weil the harsh sunlight at 5 30 pm in the mid summer. I need to watch the sky all the time and check the progress of printing slowly. The negative has pretty good density but rather weak contrast. The sun may get covered by clouds so I am running a risk of not getting a good blast of direct sunlight in the end of exposure.
Salted with 0,8 % KCl in 0,5% warm gelatin by floating 30 sec
Sensitized in 14% Silver Nitrate mixed with 6% Citric Acid
Printing in diffused light on a sunny day
This most recent calotype has only just survived processing where it lost a lot of reduced silver into the developer solution. The result is blotchy and weaker than what I would expect. Therefore the print needs more contrast, especially to save the important shadows. Having set the frame to face just blue skies for two hrs I am now ready to give it more light but still diffused. Therefore,the shower curtain has been dismounted and used here to weil the harsh sunlight at 5 30 pm in the mid summer. I need to watch the sky all the time and check the progress of printing slowly. The negative has pretty good density but rather weak contrast. The sun may get covered by clouds so I am running a risk of not getting a good blast of direct sunlight in the end of exposure.
Salted with 0,8 % KCl in 0,5% warm gelatin by floating 30 sec
Sensitized in 14% Silver Nitrate mixed with 6% Citric Acid