Re: Over-exposed BW negatives (dumb question)

[Alan Bucknam <alan@notchcode.com>]

Also: if you've selenium-toned (intensified) the negative, the selenium 
will protect the silver underneath from the reducing action. Not that 
it sounds like these negatives were intensified first, but I thought it 
worth adding to the general discussion on reduction.

-Alan Bucknam


On Tuesday, December 30, 2003, at 09:39 AM, Rev. Sidney Flack wrote:

> Jim Davis Nature Photography wrote:
> > Chris <nimbo@ukonline.co.uk> wrote/replied to:
> > > Farmers Reducer:...
> > I've used this before. You actually bleach the negs, then add back
> > 'density'.
>
> Sorry Jim, You're thinking of the Sepia Toning of prints.  Once you 
> bleach off the silver in the neg it's gone down the drain.  Use of 
> Farmer's Reducer or any other bleaching agent on a negative is 
> permanent.
>
> > Use with caution on a strip you don't care about first.
>
> Very good advice.
>
> Peace!
> Sidney