newbie question: how to deal with scratches when printing big photo

[pipefish]

are those effects caused by dodge and burn too?

She is a skilled printer, so I am sure she does some d/b. But primarily, the effects are achieved by using lousy lenses that vignette and have inherent faults and by not coating her wet collodion plates properly.

 

[rubric]

I'm having some problems spotting FB prints too. Seems like the dye sometimes concentrates on the edge of the circular scratch/dust spot, while the center becomes a lighter shade of grey. This happens even though I'm using a size 0 brush and using the stippling method of spotting. Oh yeah, btw, when does a scratch/dust print as white and when black?

 

[Wisp]

FB=> dilute the dye ALOT..then wipe a nearly dry brush..take abit of dye..stroke it over a piece of paper till it barely shows..and stipple starting around the edges towards the center.

Don't do that with RC though..RC you have to dry out the dye totally and just nudge abit on the tip of your brush plus a light spray of water (or salvia from your mouth)

 

[Wisp]

Who said anything about spotting prints?

I am talking about art. You may not bother printing that "frame", but there are others who can use scratches as art.

Abit out of synch..he's trying to fix a problem , not investigating a new art form..

 

[student]

Abit out of synch..he's trying to fix a problem , not investigating a new art form..

Of course I know! See post #12.

Noting that he had got suggestions on how to try to reduce scratches, I had actually gone beyond the suggestions to look at scratches in another way.

Not a good idea to go further? To think out of the box? See your own post in #73 in "Severine".

 

[Wisp]

You could just start another thread to propose that idea...