Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd do this and not go the Epson route. Work from enlarged Negs. I viewed some of these Platinum prints from Epson "negs" at the AIPAD show at the Park Ave Armory last week or so and they are washed out looking and don't look at all good. Including the ones done to Elliot Erwitt iconic work. An excuse to sell prints with another zero at the end. I'm a big fan of his I don't think he has much to do with this. Platinum prints are supposed to be rich and dark. Not the opposite. And incredibly sharp. Not the opposite. On 4/19/14 6:15 PM, "Ken Carney" <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > It is a lot of fun. Most all of my pt/pd printing was with LF in-camera > negs, but I have experimented with inkjet and film negatives made with > an imagesetter (ask your grandparents what that is :)). As far as > sharpness goes anyway, it is a forgiving process due to the paper used. > Tonality is a different thing, but some of the best prints I have seen > were 6x7cm negs enlarged in the darkroom to 20x24 by David Kennedy > (www.davidmichaelkennedy.com). These were pure palladium, double > coated. The chemistry presents some health concerns, not the least of > which is mixing the emulsion in a shot glass, which in dim light looks a > lot like single-malt. Good luck. > > Ken > > On 4/19/2014 4:46 PM, Charlie Chan wrote: >> Just thought I would ask. I am thinking of going on a Platinum-Palladium >> printing course with David Chow in the UK. Now one can make large format >> digital negatives on an Epson printer, it seems like a bit of fun. Is >> anyone >> on the LUG doing this? If so, am I mad or have I got too much time on my >> hands? Don't think I'll be the next Irving Penn, so no delusional thoughts >> there. >> >> Thanks >> >> Charlie >> >> >> Charlie Chan >> www.yourbreast.co.uk >> www.charlie-chan.co.uk >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photographer http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/