We're talking about printmaking here. Temperature and agitation are
only critical in the film development stage. You're not going to vary
the look of your prints significantly with a few degrees of temperature
or a change in agitation.
On Apr 6, 2005, at 12:31 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Well, maybe I should amend that statement. It is difficult in that you
have to pay careful attention to details, such as times, temperature,
agitation, enlarger setup, chemical strength, and a myriad of other
things.
But it is doable if you've got the temperament and the technique.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: Shel Belinkoff
Herb's comment was quite broad and very general. I stand by my
comment
that once you get the photo dialed in it's not at all difficult to get
repetitive results.
Shel
[Original Message]
From: William Robb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images
That's a ridiculous statement ...
Not really.
I have a few negatives that I have managed to make, if not a perfect
print,
at least a very good one, and even with careful notes and diagrams of
my
dodging and burning routine, have not been able to repeat the best
print.
It happens....
William Robb
[Original Message]
From: Herb Chong
also, in the
wet darkroom, getting the perfect print from a negative once
doesn't
mean
you will ever get it again.
