Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
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Veteran
That's excellent!
What paper are you using?
Great!
What paper are you using?
Great!
Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
This one was done on Ilford Multigrade Classic (matt FB). It's 24x30cm in size. I also do these on Slavich Bromportrait paper, but it seems to be discontinued (but still available). Main reason to use Ilford here was that I needed variable contrast paper as my grade 2 Slavich was bit too soft and I happened to have matt Ilford paper around. Not technically recommended due to it's tendency to eat through bleach like it's water (I need to replace bleach at least twice as often with Ilford paper then with Slavich paper). But it works and the results are comparable.
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Veteran
So you're using a matt surface?
Have you tried Ilford Multigrade warm tone FB?
This is something I've wanted to try for years. I do x-rays of flowers and think this might be a beautiful way to present them.
I was going to give MG warm tone a try and have a box of 11x14 Forte Poly Warm tone Plus matt in my freezer. Unfortunately the Forte papers are gone. Also use dome Foma papers and thought I might try one of those too. Any experience with any of the above.
Lovely image, please post more.
Have you tried Ilford Multigrade warm tone FB?
This is something I've wanted to try for years. I do x-rays of flowers and think this might be a beautiful way to present them.
I was going to give MG warm tone a try and have a box of 11x14 Forte Poly Warm tone Plus matt in my freezer. Unfortunately the Forte papers are gone. Also use dome Foma papers and thought I might try one of those too. Any experience with any of the above.
Lovely image, please post more.
Santtu Määttänen
Visual Poet
Gloss surface doesn't work, not at least as well. There's not tooth for ink to hold on to. So matt surface is the way to go.
I haven't but I have it in my darkroom in smaller sizes. I use it mainly for 4x5 contact prints on 5x7 paper. It has a lovely tone. I don't see why it wouldn't work (in matt surface that is). Let's see if I can get around trying it out some day soon.
I have no experience with papers you mention. I've mainly used Slavich papers in the past and Ilford. I also use quite a bit of old stock papers from various manufacturers (agfa, labaphot, etc.). Since fogging is a non issue for bromoil, it's nice to work with cheap old stock papers. As long as they are matt or semimatt surfaced and non supercoated, they should work.
Bromoil, king of the forrest by Santtu Määttänen, on Flickr
Bromoil, Þingvellir by Santtu Määttänen, on Flickr
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Veteran
Thanks for all your information. Now to give it a try.