Response to sepia toners

If you wish to use the toner to completion, i.e. bleach the silver image completely and then tone, there is really not too much to say. Yet, you might also consider selective toning, which means that you bleach (and tone) the highlights only (which disappear before the shadows). (It might be helpful to use dilute bleach then to have more time to snatch the print from the bleach when the bleaching effect seems appropriate.) Sometimes, striking effects are possible when highlights and shadows are toned with different toners. (such as deep black selenium-toned shadows and warm sepia-toned - or sepia- and gold-toned highlights.) For a lot of suggestions for experimentation see Tim Rudman's book "The Photographer's Master Printing Course" which you will easily find on Amazon.com.

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