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RA-4 Printing, pt 3: Print Ring-A-Round and Contrast Control

The Naked Photographer 18,419 5 years ago
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This is part three of a three part series on printing color RA-4 process in the home darkroom. Here I cover the some more advanced techniques for color printing. We look at making a color print ring-a-round for finding the best interpretation of the print, and methods to change print contrast. Part one covers the necessary tools and materials, and part two looks at basic printing methods. This image was shot on Kodak Portra 400 and processed in my darkroom using Kodak C-41, and I am printing on Fuji Crystal Archive CA II using Kodak RA-RT chemicals. Some useful links: Kodak J-39 Tray, Drum, and Rotary-Tube Processing with Kodak RA Chemicals https://imaging.kodakalaris.com/sites/prod/files/files/resources/j39.pdf Kodak CIS-49 Preparing Smaller-than-package-size Amounts of Kodak Chemicals https://125px.com/docs/techpubs/kodak/cis49-2009_12.pdf Kodak RA-4 RT Developer 10L: https://www.uniquephoto.com/product/kodak%2Dektacolor%2Dra%2Ddeveloper%2Dreplenisher%2Drt%2Dfor%2Dcolor%2Dneg%2Dpaper%2Dmakes%2D10l%2D8415580/_/searchString/kodak%20ra%20rt Kodak RA Developer Starter: https://www.uniquephoto.com/product/kodak%2Dektacolor%2Dra%2Ddeveloper%2Dstarter%2Dfor%2Dcolor%2Dnegative%2Dpaper%2D80%2Doz%2D Kodak RA Bleach/Fix 10L: https://www.uniquephoto.com/product/kodak%2Dra%2Dbleach%2Dfixer%2Drepl%2Dtm%2D10l%2D8309031 Arista 2 Liter RA-4 Kit: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/11812-Arista-RA-4-Color-Print-Processing-Kit-2-Liters Arista Color Printing Filters 3 inch kit: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/31633-Arista-RA-4-Color-Filters-3x3-in.-22-Pack Arista Color Printing Filters 6 inch kit: https://www.freestylephoto.biz/31636-Arista-RA-4-Color-Filters-6x6-in.-22-Pack Channel Merch, Discord, and more: https://linktr.ee/The_Naked_Photographer Music by Hooksounds: https://www.hooksounds.com/ref/thenakedphotographer/ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUcaft-3hNIuB1L1IgARPoQ/join

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