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[daniel]

I have been struggling with getting contrast comparable to a 19th century dag that I own. I have attached a photo in crappy lighting to show that the older dag is easily viewed in almost any light while mine needs a good directional light and is definitely more flat. I am going past a strong yellow into an orange for the 1st iodine and then adding bromine until I see a significant change into a rose red. My plates are electroplated and I have yet to try galvanizing. Could it be the gilding? I am also wondering has been through this. any help would be greatly appreciated

Dan

In

Seattle

 

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[Bakody]

Have you try to use different iodine colour circle? At the moment I prefer to use purple.

I found this posts for you, might be a good starting point:

http://www.cdags.org/dagforum/topic.php?id=178#post-3080

http://www.cdags.org/dagforum/topic.php?id=259#post-3695

and

I guess, not sure about it, so I ask it: Is it possible to view easier the old dag, because of the oxidation of the surface?

http://daginhun.blogspot.com/
 http://www.facebook.com/DagerrotipiaDaguerreotype

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