Digital BW, The Print

Martin,

Right on!!! To my eye, nothing I've seen, yet, beats a well executed silver print on selenium toned Oriental. One of my favs for many years. And, the "color" I generally was trying to reach was as you describe.

Thanks for the memorys...think I'll go wash the Dektol from under my fingernails, now.

Best regards,
Alan

-----Original Message-----
From:	Martin Wesley [SMTP:mwesley250@...]
Sent:	Saturday, August 10, 2002 5:08 PM
To:	DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[Digital BW] SElenium Tonin was Density Measurements on 2200 Wedges

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Olson" <jerryolson@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Density Measurements on 2200 Wedges


> Martin,
>
> When I was selenium toning darkroom prints, Mine never had a purple
> cast.  I know that if you leave the papers in the toner long enough, it
> could go purple, but I only toned for the deeper black, and pulled the
> prints before they started to turn.
>
> Are most photographer's actually WANTING the purple look?

Jerry,

I have always toned vigorously to get a deep eggplant color in the shadows
and touch of magenta in the midtones preferably with cool highlight
(Oriental VC was the greatest). Beauty in the eye of the beholder and all
that stuff.

May not be common but I know there are others besides myself.

Martin


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