Cusworth Hall Doncaster Lower Pond Paper Negative

I really like this, Ian. Did you make a print, or scan and invert? The sky tone makes it very appealing to me as I am not keen on white skies.
Alex


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alexmuir said:
I really like this, Ian. Did you make a print, or scan and invert? The sky tone makes it very appealing to me as I am not keen on white skies.
Alex


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I made a scan and invert. I am not quite skilled enough to make a wet print. Paper negatives is a new area for me, of which I am still learning and experimenting.

It was the cheapest way to get me into a make shift darkroom to try and learn a little more.
 
Thanks, Ian. I’ve never made paper negatives in a camera before. It seems to have worked very well.
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I think the issue is the contact printing paper to paper which drops the quality. There is/was a way of reflective copying and either 1+1 or enlargement rather like an epidiascope. So by scanning and inverting a paper negative you eliminate that drop in quality.

I think this is excellent but maybe add the reversal step to processing which needs a Permanganate or Dichromate and Sulphuric acid (weak) bleach step and reversal exposure (easy) before re-development.

Ian.
 
I can hardly believe that this one is a paper negative!
Well done, Ian!
 
mono said:
I can hardly believe that this one is a paper negative!
Well done, Ian!
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The quality of a paper negative should be as good as an enlargement (on the same paper). Just look at the quality of images on Harman Direct Positive paper, or the old B&W Photo-booth images (B&W paper reversal processed).

The only problem with reversal, direct (Harman Direct Positive), or indirect via a reversal process, is the image is reversed (lke a negative) left to right. The photo-booths used a mirror to correct this

Ian
 
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