I guess you are right, PJ. But today very few people work with chemicals, although I know a few, that still do. I wonder if I can actually buy printing paper, toned in Sephia or blue?
BTW: Sephia was originally Octopus ink. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Aug 21, 2008 19:01 "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Chemical/Silver sepia toned prints will have a mixture of black, (the > darkest shades), and "brown". Yet they are still considered B&W err. > monochrome photography. Just saying... > > Jens wrote: > > Perhaps. > > I have now come to the conclusion, that monochrome means "One > > Colour". > > That is blue in blue, green in green, red in red, gray in gray etc. > > Very dark parts will seem like the chosen colour in the darkest > > version. Very bright may seem white. > > > > A few years ago monochrome pictures were NOT accepted many places, > > if ink other than gray and black was used. > > > > Today this has changed. You can print in shades of blue, red, green > > etc. and still get the images accepted as monochrome. As long as > > there is no trace of other colours in the image. That is if you tone > > an image sephia, the dark parts should also appear brown, not black. > > The toning must be total. > > Black and Sephia in one photograph makes it a colour photograph, > > since it has two colours. > > > > Regards > > Jens > > > > > > > -- > You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word > alone. > --Al Capone. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
