Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes using paper negatives

2002-08-28 Thread Tim Rawling
Hi A friend of mine makes gum, cyanotype and van dyke brown prints with paper negatives by peeling the paper backing off the resin coating. The image attaches to the resin and it very thin. You then need to use a frame to hold it flat during exposure but the exposure times are very reasonabl

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes using paper negatives

2002-08-28 Thread erickson
Not if you follow the directions in the book. Without those steps, it tends to be an unsatisfactory mess. - Original Message - From: bendur...@aol.com To: pinhole-discussion@p at ??? Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes u

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes using paper negatives

2002-08-28 Thread erickson
These are great negs, especially with the pictorico film. Dan Burkholders book "Making Digital negatives for contact printing" will tell you how to do it. - Original Message - From: "Christian Harkness" To: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 7:20 AM Subject: Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanoty

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes using paper negatives

2002-08-28 Thread BenDuross
In a message dated 28/08/2002 13:22:15 GMT Daylight Time, christianharkn...@hotmail.com writes: > http://www.pictorico.com Hi Cheers for your reply, do the negatives you make on ohp acetate, lose alot of the contrast, does it hamper the quality of the image?

Re: [pinhole-discussion] cyanotypes using paper negatives

2002-08-28 Thread Christian Harkness
Hi Ben, another 'work-around' would be to make digital negatives on OHP from these folks: http://www.pictorico.com. For me, the sun exposure for these on cyanotype is about 3 - 4 minutes. Best - chris _ Send and receive Hotmail o

Re: [pinhole-discussion] (no subject)

2002-08-28 Thread Mike Vande Bunt
Actually, everything behind the pinhole gets the same amount of focus. Therefore, if there is dust on the filter, the dust will be in focus regatdless of which side of the pinhile the filter is on. However, once the filter is clean, it is much easier to keep it clean if it is inside the camera