º Pomegranates 2 Toned Cyanotype
Second negative
Pomegranates Toned Cyanotype
Original Exposure:
7th October 2024, 3pm
Indoors, north-facing natural light, EV 5.5, and exposing shadows at front of back fruit at -1.5EV, and indicating N+1 development. Subjects placed on white baking parchment for lack of reflections.
Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
10x8 Ilford FP4+ ISO 64, 25 seconds at f/8
440mm bellows extension, no movements
Film Development:
12th October 2024
Stearman Press SP810 daylight tray
5 min water prewash to remove purple stain from film base
Pyrocat HD at 1.2:1.2:100 dilution (leftovers), N+1 development for 11’38” at 20ºC - a darker print with far less contrast even with the extended development time (NB I used my dev time for 2:2:100 anyway to see what would happen)
1min acetic acid stop
6mins DIY TF2 fix
1min Sodium sulphite hypo clear
6mins of washes (9x 500ml tap water agitated 10 times and then discarded)
Ilfotol rinse
Base Cyanotype Print:
Hahnemühle Platinum Rag 15x11" paper
Classic cyanotype, 31 drops part A + 31 drops part B + 1 drops Tween20 mix (2 drops Tween per 10 drops distilled water)
Coated paper dried two hours, 20.8ºC, 55% relative humidity
Exposed UV 42mins until edges well solarized and details showing through in all areas
Developed in 3/4 tsp citric acid in 1.5l tap water/2x tap water washes (2mins+2x3mins), followed by 1min in 1l distilled water (I added this to prevent any bleaching from the tap water)
Full Bleach before toning:
face down in 0.75g Calcium Carbonate powder + 1.5l distilled water, approx 24hrs +
Tone with Purple Smoke Bush leaves:
Brew for print one reheated to 80ºC, re-restrained
Tone face down 26mins (agitating for first couple of mins to avoid bubbles), followed by 10min soak in tap water face up
Digitized with Nikon D800E/85PC-E tilt-shift, stitch of three frames
º Pomegranates 2 Toned Cyanotype
Second negative
Pomegranates Toned Cyanotype
Original Exposure:
7th October 2024, 3pm
Indoors, north-facing natural light, EV 5.5, and exposing shadows at front of back fruit at -1.5EV, and indicating N+1 development. Subjects placed on white baking parchment for lack of reflections.
Chamonix 810V, Rodenstock Apo-Sironar S 240mm f/5.6
10x8 Ilford FP4+ ISO 64, 25 seconds at f/8
440mm bellows extension, no movements
Film Development:
12th October 2024
Stearman Press SP810 daylight tray
5 min water prewash to remove purple stain from film base
Pyrocat HD at 1.2:1.2:100 dilution (leftovers), N+1 development for 11’38” at 20ºC - a darker print with far less contrast even with the extended development time (NB I used my dev time for 2:2:100 anyway to see what would happen)
1min acetic acid stop
6mins DIY TF2 fix
1min Sodium sulphite hypo clear
6mins of washes (9x 500ml tap water agitated 10 times and then discarded)
Ilfotol rinse
Base Cyanotype Print:
Hahnemühle Platinum Rag 15x11" paper
Classic cyanotype, 31 drops part A + 31 drops part B + 1 drops Tween20 mix (2 drops Tween per 10 drops distilled water)
Coated paper dried two hours, 20.8ºC, 55% relative humidity
Exposed UV 42mins until edges well solarized and details showing through in all areas
Developed in 3/4 tsp citric acid in 1.5l tap water/2x tap water washes (2mins+2x3mins), followed by 1min in 1l distilled water (I added this to prevent any bleaching from the tap water)
Full Bleach before toning:
face down in 0.75g Calcium Carbonate powder + 1.5l distilled water, approx 24hrs +
Tone with Purple Smoke Bush leaves:
Brew for print one reheated to 80ºC, re-restrained
Tone face down 26mins (agitating for first couple of mins to avoid bubbles), followed by 10min soak in tap water face up
Digitized with Nikon D800E/85PC-E tilt-shift, stitch of three frames