Re: Paper question

[Eric Boutilier-Brown <ebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 11:12 AM 4/17/98 EDT, you wrote:
>Several weeks ago someone mentioned an Agfa paper that toned well with
>Selinium, producing almost a purple tone.  Which paper was it?  Thanks.
>*
Hi

I don't know if it was me, but Agfa Classic FB is one of the most
incredible papers where selinium toning is concerned. If you want a
neutural tone, process in Ilford MG developer 1:9, and tone in selinium
1:20 for three minutes...no shift. But if you want a cool split tone in the
mid-tones, try toning in 1:4 - you have to watch the print closely, and
make a slightly light print, where d-max is concerned (i.e. good
highlights, but slightly under-printed shadows). The result is neuteral
higlights, warm redish mit-tones, and dark, rich blacks with a slight warm
cast to them.

If you process Classic in dextol, then the prints tone all-over
red...either icky or nice, depending upon you aestetic.

When I want neuteral tone prints, I switch to Ilford, which is very hard to
get a colour shift on.

Hope this helps.
Eric Boutilier-Brown
Photographer, Nova Scotia, Canada


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