[LargeFormat] Paper negatives
Arie
largeformat@f32.net
Fri Oct 10 00:52:52 2003
Kent
You may want to check out Dan Burkholder's book and also take a look at the
alt-photo process list if your interested in making digital negatives.
Arie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent Gibbs" <kent_gibbs@yahoo.com>
To: <largeformat@f32.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:37 PM
Subject: [LargeFormat] Paper negatives
> Just thought I would share a unique (for me anyway) experiment I tried
> out tonight.
>
> I don't have my 4"x5" enlarger setup yet and I was looking for a way
> to make larger prints. I really wasn't happy with the ink jet prints I
> was getting so I decided to try making 8"x10" paper negatives and
> contact printing them.
>
> I made a 1200 dpi scan of the negative and then adjusted and cropped
> the image to 8" x10" at 360 dpi in Elements. I then flipped the image,
> inverted the tones and printed it on my an Epson 785EPX printer on
> normal copier paper at 720 dpi.
>
> I made various test strips on Ilford Multigrade warm tone at a variety
> of exposures and contrast settings.
>
> I must say that I was absolutely blown away with what I was able to
> achieve this way. The level of detail is much more than I had hoped
> for using this method.
>
> I am interested in doing Calotype salt prints and this pretty much
> proves that it can be done using negatives this way.
>
> I know that Talbot used paper negatives but for me the digital portion
> had yet to be proved to my satisfaction.
>
> When the prints are dry, I will post them if anyone is interested in
> viewing them.
>
> Very pleased in Seattle.
>
> Kent
>
> =====
> Kent M. Gibbs
> Knuckle Dragging Ramp Ape
> (a.k.a. Boeing 777 Flightline Mechanic)
>
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