Second Print ~ Hot Negative

A second print from yesterday's printing session comes from the same negative group, so it also has a density range that is too long to print in well. The same situation with this image as the Longhorn Restaurant print, textural loss at both the lower and upper densities. Again, I have already corrected the negative to reflect the new density range. The print time will be approximately the same, there will just be more texture and detail at both ends of the tonal scale.

One more A/P print to hang on my walls at home, for awhile, until it is time to replace it with something newer. There will be three dancing Indians images in this portfolio. When they are printed right they will  be a nice accompaniment to the other period images. The Kallitype is very successful in showing off the dMax blacks. In this case the palladium toner enhanced the blacks a lot. Gold toner would also enrich and deepen blacks like nothing else, without adding the overall print warmth. There will be a lot of gold toned images coming after this palladium portfolio is finished. For me, the palladium suits these period images better than a stark black and white imagery. But then again, that's part of the printer's choice.

Paper; Revere Platinum ~ Print Time 15 minutes

Palladium toned Kallitype
"Sacred Spirit Dance" ~ 8"x10" ~ 1/5
Tucson, Arizona