jnanian

that's great. I need to do more with printing.

thanks ! make some prints, enjoy yourself
i have found a new freedom making sun prints
like with processing my film in coffee ..
i can leave the print in the sun and do something else
- john

So the cyanotype is from the paper negative, is that right? Or is there an intermediate sunprint stage? I'll take a look over at DPUG, but it sounds like there are major parts of this process that are on-topic here...

-NT

Originally Posted by ntenny

So the cyanotype is from the paper negative, is that right? Or is there an intermediate sunprint stage? I'll take a look over at DPUG, but it sounds like there are major parts of this process that are on-topic here...

-NT

hi NT

welll
the whole first half i can't talk about cause it was made with 0's and 1's
but the second half i can talk about ... staples made it for me with xeroxigraphical technology
a truely archival internegative made with toner, paper and a heat-drum ...
i used cheap canning wax ( paraffin ) and rubbed it on the backside of the print ..
then in the printing frame with the classic formula coated butcher-paper ...
i would have made the negative with my trusty cannon printer, but the ink smears ..
so miss staples had to help me in the creation of this true hybrid "masterpiece"

i have another one taking a nap in the winter sun as i type this ( been there for 4 hours )

thanks for lookin' !

john

Thanks, I think I get it. So the inter"negative" is more opaque than a conventional negative, hence the outrageously long exposure? I'm used to cyanotypes in the 10-15-minute range---maybe that's because of a newer formula, but still, 2 days seems extreme!

-NT

yeah it takes a while since it is not on clear film base, but i don't mind waiting.
it gives me time to reflect, have lunch and knit a sweater ..
when they don't come out, i feel like i waited in line at the DMV for 3 hours
and they close the window just as i arrive ...

I like it. How was it toned?

John I love the pic. But can I implore you, next time to leave the Dcam at home? A beautiful silver negative could have laid the foundation for this masterpiece, and you would not then have been locked out of your APUG home.

I forgive you. We all succumb to the bits and bytes from time to time.

hi nedL and newcan1

its not toned, but selectively bleached with washing soda so the greens and yellows and blues kind of intermingle.
i know what you mean newcan1 ... but i'm working on test prints for a non-silver project ... as much as i would
have loved to use a camera and film ... for this project at least, its gotta be 1's and 0s
it helps my materials costs are next to nil

- john