Digital BW, The Print

Yellow on a glass plate? Aging gelatin? Bad fixing. Acid environmental
storage of plates.

 

Eric Neilsen Photography

4101 Commerce Street

Suite 9

Dallas, TX 75226

http://e.neilsen.home.att.net

http://ericneilsenphotography.com

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Nancy
Wilson
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 7:31 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: BO Printing and Scanning Glass Plate Negatives

 

I'm only about 12
> miles from them ;)

Thanks for your feedback on MIS. I will try to email them or call 
them tomorrow. Yes, I am still in Michigan, Lansing area. Where in 
Michigan are you?
> 

Also, to you and Carolyn and others who wondered about what I thought 
was awful about MK Epson BO print, I should know better than to make 
a general statement like that.

Actually, I rather like the warmer tone that the Epson BO gave for 
the portrait. I think that with QTR it would be even better. I 
would like to have more control over the warm tone, which I wasn't 
able to achieve, with the knowledge I have of CS2 and Epson printer 
driver. 

BTW, a big correction! I used PK BO on Elford Smooth Pearl Paper, 
one that I have loved with my 2200.

For the landscape(s), which are fewer in quantity (there are 
considerable farm animal/equipment images), I would prefer a slightly 
cooler tone, which I thought I might be able to achieve with Eboni 
Black. So my next step is to contact MIS.

Any thoughts, suggestions are most welcomed and I continue to thank 
you for your interest and help.

Does anyone know about what causes the yellow cast on the glass 
plates? Could it be some toning that the photographer himself used?
It doesn't seem it affect the quality of the image itself, although I 
have yet to compare it with a negative I consider to be a good dense 
black one.

Nancy

 



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