[pure-silver] Re: Un-spotting help please
- From: "Eric Neilsen Photo" <ej@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 20:40:31 -0500
I have spotted many of these . scratches in the neg. What I did to fix it
would be in direct relationship to when a good finished print was needed.
The up side of black or red opaque is that they was off completely so if you
make a mistake, you can start over. Spotone, or other dyes work fine once
you get the hang of it. the back side add a tacky application and spot that
side. What area is the scratch in? I have etched prints, and negs.
However, like Bob Kiss suggested, if the scratch is bad and you have all
the great digital tools, a scan, retouch new printing neg may be a great fix
for you.
Bleach and spot the print can be done, but is a bit of a pain. Toned or
untoned prints? you need to retouch AFTER you tone.
Eric Neilsen
Eric Neilsen Photography
4101 Commerce Street, Suite 9
Dallas, TX 75226
www.ericneilsenphotography.com
skype me with ejprinter
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[mailto:pure-silver-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Younger
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 8:15 PM
To: pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [pure-silver] Re: Un-spotting help please
Jean-David,
The "studio" is the room outside the darkroom, with the mat cutter, press,
etc. It has
windows. The darkroom does not.
There are some prints on the walls.......
Bob Younger
On Tue, Jul 2, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Jean-David Beyer <jeandavid8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On 07/02/2013 08:52 PM, Bob Younger wrote:
> Michael,
>
> I did not know Brett personally. I was using information I read in _A
> Restless Eye_, by John Woods; published by Erica Weston. My personal
> approach is that if it needs spotting it's not leaving the studio. I
> have never been able to do it well (to my satisfaction); and I have not
> found anyone whom I could count on to do it for me.
>
I would not say I have a studio. I must be the world's worst print
spotter. So I do not do it. The spotting I need is the dust on 35mm
negatives. They are clearly little bits of thread lint from clothing. I
do not know why I cannot get it off 35 mm negatives.
I have no trouble with B&W 4"x5" negatives. I just lightly brush each
negative just after I put it in my Beseler Neg-a-stretch holder and
there is no dust. I use a Zone VI high voltage electrozapper brush for
this. But it does not work for me for 35mm; I do not know why, but I do
not care anymore, as I shoot almost no 35mm anymore.
I had much worse results with color negatives. I would get dust stuck in
the emulsions of those. So if one of those needed spotting, I took a
hole punch and made a big hole in the film strip there so as not to
frustrate myself in the future. Solved the color printing problem by not
shooting color anymore.
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