muted colours on colour neg prints

[greg_tomas]

Please refer to the pictures on this site:

 

http://www.heidiniemala.com/hn_pages/HN1Fashion/hn1_01.html

 

I read in an article that she bleaches kodak Portra 160NC film to get

this effect. Just wondering if anyone has done this? and how?

 

I imagine it could be done by dipping the negs in farmer's

reducer...don't know for how long though. Any suggestions are

welcome.

 

Thanks, Greg

[john_shriver]

<p>It wouldn't be the sort of bleaches used for B&W negatives, since they attack metallic silver. There is no metallic silver in color negatives.</p>

 

<p>There are bleaches available for bleaching E-6 films for retouching. There are some that bleach all the dyes, and ones that bleach one dye selectively.

It is possible that they also work for C-41 negatives. (I'm sure Kodak could inform you if you called and asked.)

See Kodak <a href="http://www.kodak.com/global/en/professional/support/techPubs/e68/e68.jhtml">Publication E-68</a>.</p>

[rowland_mowrey]

John is right, but I don't think that is how her effect is achieved. The colors look too strong to have been bleached.

 

However, whatever she uses it makes for effective prints.

 

Ron Mowrey

[jan_brittenson]

It looks like reduced saturation, compensated by increased contrast. Bleach bypass? Is there such a thing for C-41?

[rowland_mowrey]

There are several ways to achieve effects like that.

 

The one I like is catalytic image amplification.

 

Bleach bypass can work but mainly adds an overall black image to the final print. It can be good or bad.

 

Ron Mowrey

[greg_tomas]

Searched for catalytic image amplification all over google, but can't find it. Can you describe this process to me.