On 7 Nov 98, at 10:53, Richard Ross wrote:
> Shawn wrote
> >> "Skye Trees" and "East Lynn Woods" are both taken with the 21.
> >Thanks - I saw these last week and very much liked the effect. I am sold
>
> Skye Trees is on Agfa Multicontrast paper, sepia toned. I diffused it by
> printing part of the exposure through a 6x6 anti-newton glass slide mount.
> I use that for convenience, but any diffusing material should do. A
> polythene bag, or even (i'm told) a nylon stocking! (At least that's what
> we call them here - across the pond I think you have another word for them
> :-) ) I sometimes shoot through the diffuser as well - this makes the
> highlights bleed into the shadows whereas printing diffusion bleeds the
> shadows into the highligts. Either way, the effect is quite different from
> de-focussing. The shot was taken on Agfa APX25, with an orange filter.
I recently started using Agfa MC in 11x14 size, as it is half the cost of
Ilford/Kodak. Aside from the glossy paper being very easy to crease, I quite
like it. Sadly, Agfa B/W films are very hard to find here, and quite expensive.
> East Lynn Woods is a lith print on Kentmere Kentona paper. It's untoned,
> that's the natural colour from the lith process. Shot on Agfa APX400,
> again with an orange filter.
Another interesting effect. I knew it was different, but wouldn't have guessed
it was lith...
> The other pix on the page are medium format. I hope to get some more up
> there soon, but as my scanner is a bit basic it takes a while to get them
> looking right...
Even a *good* scanner often trashes b/w prints I find... I think you've very
well
on those you have posted.
Thanks for the info on printing.
ps: One more question - condensor or diffusion head? The school has one
old Beseler with a diffusion colour head. I've been meaning to try it to see
how diffusion affects the print.
Shawn & Janis Wright
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