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Split toning?
Hi I have been reading another thread on toning and was going to ask this there but thought it maybe better to start a new.
When and if you split tone do you do it all at once? What I mean you take it from the brown tone and then say put it in selenium and then wash or would you wash between tones? I have toned images but only singularly just need some ideas as to what others do. Thanks
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Mitch,
I have found it best to wash between toners and that's what I have always done. Neil.
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It is always best to wash the print after each bath, otherwise you get carry over from one to thhe other and the split won't work as well, I once, when starting to split tone, failed to wash after the sepia tone, and put the sepia print straight into the ble toner, and after 10 minutes the whole print went a sort of plumb colour, not at all what I was after, no need for a full wash, just 10 minutes or so for FB or a couple for RC should be fine,Have fun with split toning, it is a lot of fun and you never quite know how it will turn out, but always interesting
Keep safe Richard
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I do quite a bit of split toning. Usually sepia (thiocarbamide) and selenium. My personal workflow is:
Soak the print in plain water for 5 minutes (1 minute is enough for RC paper) Bleach the print in very dilute toner bleach - I use 1/4 of the recommended dilution until the lightest highlights just tart to fade. Wash the print for about 20 minutes in running water to remove all the bleach. Place print in toner until no more change detected - usually 2-3 minutes. Wash print for another 15-20 minutes Place in selenium toner (I use Fotospeed 1:9) until desired result achieved. Wash for at least half an hour. I find this gives a nice sepia/selenium split with warm highlights and cooler mid-tones and shadows. It's important not to sepia tone to completion as there will be no silver for the selenium to work on. |
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This is the information that I was after!
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Rob can I take it that all the washing times except for the one minute you mention is respect of the RC soak are for FB prints?
Thanks Mike |
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I will wash between tones From my understanding Mike you should always wash FB papers for longer.
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Yes. I very rarely tone RC prints and I don't think I've ever split-toned them. I would expect you good get away with a 5 minute wash between stages though.
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Thanks Rob. If I try my hand at toning it will certainly be with RC to start with. I have never used FB so I was naturally anxious to get clarification on RC wash times and not find out to my cost that much longer wash times in the case of toning applied to RC as well
Mike |
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I strongly recommend trying to get a copy of Tim Rudman's 'The Photographer's Toning Guide'. Enjoy! |
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