One of the final flower images I will be printing, the third of a series of Tulip Print images. I've enjoyed making these prints, as the printing of them differs somewhat from other subject matter. While the density range of the negatives remain constant, leaving the print times very close, it is the color mixtures, as well as the color order and selection differs, to accommodate a particular flower's color.
The final flower print planned is a Fire Daylili, a rather vivid orange(s) color, with black pistils and stamens. That one will be made up of lamp black, first layer, followed by layers of Quinacridone Burnt Orange, in various mixture ranges, from fairly thick, shortest print time(s), followed by medium mixtures, with medium print times, followed by a shear mix with print time for highlights. The basis for a fuller tonal range in a print.
As with the other two Tulip prints, Quinacridone Magenta was used. A base of black, in zones 1 & 2, would offer a richer tonal range, I opted to stay with the magenta for the image. And yes, there is a strong urge to reprint an image after seeing its finished form. "I can do better than that!". Well, yeah, after another two or three weeks of work, using all new materials, beginning from scratch, likely including an updated printed negative. The biggest change would be in the density range most likely. The only 'manipulation' I put to any image before printing it on my Epson 1430 [13"x19"] printer is altering the lighting arrangement of the image, using Lightroom 6.
Lightroom has four 'primary' control slides, controlling highlights, shadow, whites and blacks, each altering how the overall, ambient lighting is arranged, for effect. The Pictorial Effect. Not Pictorialism of the Golden Era, that's another affair. The Pictorial Effect has to do with the 'mood' of an image, set by the lighting. There is the clinical lit scene, whereupon each item is lit up for view, through the overall amount of light in the setting. The Pictorial Effect alters the lighting in such a fashion to create a more personalized setting, perhaps moody comes into play. Think Alfred Hitchcock lighting. Very theatrically moody. The emphasis is on the 'setting' not the objects in the setting. The objects of the setting are 'highlighted' in some way.
Gum Dichromate Print
"A Tulip Pair"
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