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Steve Reich's Music For 18 Musicians always worked well for me. Otherwise, it is a little old AM country station here in Richmond, Virginia. WXGI: If it dosn't fuzz out under bridges, it ain't real country.

Well done Tuan! I wish to express my deep gratitude for your all dedication and hard work in support of the large format community. Your site and the old forum have been essential to my growth as a photographer. IMHO, your efforts have resulted in what was the best online LF community in the world. It is wonderful that the LF forum find a new home!

I use real nice Crown Graphic with a 127mm Ektar (1961) mounted in a

new Copal shutter. Gitzo 1359 CF with a 1370M head. I use Ilford

HP5+, which I tray process in Ilfosol hunched over my bathtub at

night. I make cyanotype contact proofs on my balcony with 4x4

Sunprint Kits and an old printing frame. I print on fiber papers

only, Bregger and Agfa MC Classic using a rental darkroom in town.

I plan to eventually move up to an 8x10 camera and contact print

exclusively. I like the simplicity making contacts prints and look

forward to exploring alternative processes. Digital image making

just doesn't fascinate or inspire me like capturing light on film and

paper.

Scott,

 

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I suggest that you take a look at the services provided by Lightbox

Inc. Bruce did a splendid unsharp mask for one of my 4x5's. My

experience with them was very positive and I feel they take a great

deal of pride in their work. Bruce has taken the Howard Bond

workshop and they even have a gallery of Bond's work up. Best of

all, the price was very resonable -$40 for the completed mask. I am

not affiliated with them in any way, I'm just a happy customer. Here

is a link to their site, click on fine art services. Cheers!

 

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http://www.lightboxinc.com/home.html

Please please please��don�t leave me!

 

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Leave the forum run with the current software interface. The current

forum interface works flawlessly in creating my own AvantGo �LF Forum

Channel�. I download the forum two and three times a day to my Palm

and read it offline, often in the field waiting for light. All

other forum software is useless for this application and even clunky

to read online.

 

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Thank you for your consideration.

I know there are many different schools of thought regarding the

toning process. Previously, I have had good results with simply

soaking a dry, properly fixed and washed print, in a plain water bath

prior to toning - followed by hypo clear and a wash.

 

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Perhaps I should clarify my question. Now that the print has this

overall stain, is there any way to clear it? Will a another, longer

bath of hypo clear help?

 

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I download this forum daily to my Palm and have read it in bed before

I konk out. This community has been a great source of inspiration

and learning along my LF journey. Thanks again.

Last week, I had fixed a print in non hardening fixer, properly washed it for 1 hour and let it air dry. Before toning the print last night I gave the print a good soaking in fresh water and transfered the print into a fresh batch of fixer for two minutes. I then placed the print Kodak Rapid selenium 1-10 and pulled it out when I had the split I desired. Then it went into a fresh batch of hypo clear for a minute and washed. The problem I have is a slight overall darkening of the paper base - a cream color. The print now lacks the sparkle I was after. The other prints I toned did not have this problem. Any suggestions as to what may have happened and how it may be remedied?

 

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Thank you all.