Response to Selenium Toning Negs

For correctly exposed and underdeveloped images. If your nehative shows adequate shadow detail but the highlights arenot dense enough, that's a good candidate for selenium intensification - it should yield about the same effect as an increase in paper contrast of about a grade. Selenium intensification also provides protection to the image from the harmful effects of oxidizing gases in the air. Disadvantages - I guess its kind of permanant, so if you like playing bleach-redevelopment games.... but bleach-redeveloping negatives is kind of chancy itself.... Cheers, DJ

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