Among historical photographic processes, the cyanotype is celebrated for its immediacy and its unmistakable Prussian blue. However, anyone who has printed even once has encountered one of its classic limitations: a slight bluish fog that clouds the highlights, and shadow blues that—depending on the paper used—can lack the magnetic, deep density that fully elevates aContinua a leggere “The Ammonia Trick in Cyanotype: Deep Tones, Brilliant Whites, and Process Control (with Due Caution)”
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