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Print went out today.
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And arrived yesterday. A very subtle print of a MF negative of a leafless winter tree which is full of different tones which the pearl surfaced MGV paper shows really well.
Thanks, Mike Last edited by MikeHeller; 1st April 2022 at 09:14 AM. |
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Hi Marty, well received your wonderful print.
As a habit I firstly take my time for the photo before reading the letter. I could immediately what I like so much about the image, just to fins my thoughts mirrored in the letter. Therefore, this is a perfect execution of the very good idea. The rpint is excellent, delicate shadows in the main subject up to the lights in the clouds. Thank you very much! Frank |
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And got delivered today!
Received an experimental print from Skellum. It's a very high-key contact print of a white flower in a vase. He got encouraged when re-reading John Blakemore's "Black and white workshop", to make this very soft high-key print of this white flower in a vase. Colin made an 8x10 contact print at grade 00 and printed very lightly so there's pure white in the print, but no true blacks. It's something I'd probably never have thought of trying myself, but in this print it just works. Beautiful! It's printed on Foma glossy RC paper, I assume it's Fomaspeed, a paper brand which I like to use as well. Printing on RC paper was also part of the experiment, as Colin states that until now he almost excluslively uses fiber papers for his prints. For me it's also the convenience of faster productivity in RC papers what mostly drives me towards them (there's only a little amount of time in an evening ) and this print on Foma RC paper looks really good. After having started my darkroom journey about 1.5yrs ago with only RC papers, I've only just started dabbling a bit with fiber papers myself and they certainly have their place for me. But a good print on RC is in no way less than a fiber print to me! Thanks a lot Colin, I really appreciate the print (and you gave me some ideas to experiment a bit with as well)! |
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Glad the pint reached you safely Sebastiaan, and thank you very much for your kind comments.
It's an old negative I had no luck with, but I think this is the best I've made from it. My usual printing style is a bit different, but using RC papers a bit more is encouraging me experiment. Fibre papers are lovely to handle, but RC is so quick to process (and a bit cheaper) that using a few sheets during a session to make different versions of a negative becomes possible. |
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And as it happens, I received another print this morning, from a different sites print exchange, and that too was made on RC glossy, the same as the paper the print that I sent to you was made on. I mentioned that I hadn't used this surface for many years, probably 20+, having just 'gone off it'. Well looking at this print has made me think about using it again. Subjects do seem a lot sharper at least, although from memory, it can be terrible to try and spot, so I'll have to choose perfect negatives when I use it again. I mean, is there such a thing even? I've now uploaded it to the gallery. Terry S |
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