I'm researching, reading, and re-thinking my whole darkroom development process. I'm reading Ansel Adam's Book 3 - The Print - again. Actually, I'm reading it after reading another photographer's information on black and white archival print processing. I don't know if I'm re-learning or re-thinking the process, but I'm open to 'testing' the waters of developing in the darkroom so long as it gets me to making a great gelatin silver print! That's all I care about, so why not investigate and try a slightly different approach. I'm thinking there are several ways to do this whole process. Sure there's basics, but each and every person who develops in the darkroom has their own way of doing things. My first step is to dilute the Dektol 1:3 v. 1:2 as it states on the package. Apparently the results are the same - maybe better. That will be my first experiment!
In regards to print archiving, I've not done this step ever, which is to use a selenium toner to create an archival print. I'm not an expert, but by doing this it looks like three more steps are added to the process! Yikes! I'm searching for a process that will give me true blacks and white whites. There is also a product out there that basically helps bleach?? for a truer white. Again, I'm still learning. As far as the 'yellow' I've been referring to, that seems to be a standard result and maybe that's the 'warm tone' I'm reading about that is often referred to. Who knows? Only my persistence will give me the answers I'm looking for!
Here's one that I've printed out at least five times. It is one of the last frames of Croatia. I'm going to try it one more time in the Dektol dilution of 1:3 and see what that does.
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