[rollei_list] Re: OT: development

  • From: Mark Rabiner <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:47:32 -0700

On 5/21/05 6:30 PM, "Eric Goldstein" <egoldste@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:

>>> You can selenium tone negs. And Ansel selenium toned
>>> Moonrise as it needed a
>>> little extra contrast.
> 
> 
> Ansel did everything possible to that neg; it was a mess. Intensify, tone,
> you name it. It was still a bitch to print...
> 
> 


Selenium toning was in this case ALSO in the category of "intensification"
As that is what it does. And is.
In the darkroom handbooks of long gone with the wheels and paper samples and
the charts it was always on the list of intensifiers. But on the bottom in
order of effect.

But The advantage being that while all other intensifiers makes for a neg.
whose lifetime is tenuous selenium does the opposite. It makes for in effect
"archival" negs.
And makes them prettier too!

And you're more likely to have it on hand than regular intensifiers which
kills you quicker than Selenium does.
Which is in vitamins. Perhaps explaining that rosy tan I've been getting
lately.

Negs are much less of an archival issue than prints as there are as there
are no fibers like as in paper to soak up and lock in all the bad stuff.
But the idea of selenium negs appeals to me.
As to them themselves.

They don't appear to really increase contrast all that much.
But the color change for some reason makes of a more high contrast image.
I guess you are projecting Silver Selenite instead of normal silver salts
onto the print. The ramifications are overwhelming!

And when you Selenium tone a print which has been made with a Selenium toned
negative the rich rosy colors you get are amazing! :)





Mark Rabiner
Photography
Portland Oregon
http://rabinergroup.com/




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