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Toning mistake--how to duplicate or re-create (paper question)

from shawn gibson (shawn.gibson@utoronto.ca)
I tried this at another forum, but the more answers I get the better, and I haven't got any yet from photo.net.

I printed a Tech Pan neg on Ilford MG FB WT the other day. It was the last print after a marathon, my developer (Dektol @ 1:5) was disgustingly grey-brown. My selenium was very old (approx. 1:6 and maybe 50 prints old). I ended up getting a very beautiful, yellow-ochre print, which at first I thought was gross, but in the morning I couldn't believe it. I have done everything I can to get this warm (tertiary) yellow ochre look again. Old Developer, fix, stop, coca cola (yep...) in the developer, everything. Have you ever gotten this ochre look before? I need to get it again. I have a series of Tech Pan nudes that I want to try to get a show on (fingers crossed), and I want them all to receive this treatment. Any suggestions you have would be very much appreciated. I always tone my prints in selenium, and I always use Ilford MG FB WT. Nothing else is sacred, so whatever you suggest I will try. Shawn.

(posted 9128 days ago)

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