[LargeFormat] Paper negatives

[Arie]

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)
>
> __________________________________
> Do you Yahoo!?
> The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search
> http://shopping.yahoo.com
>
> _______________________________________________
> LargeFormat mailing list
> LargeFormat@f32.net
> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/largeformat