Chad HillChestnut Hill Water Tower, Philadelphia 2023
Coffee-toned cyanotype on watercolor paper. From 8x10 negative; Seneca Improved View camera with Astragon 210 4.5 on Shanghai GP3.
Tony@ChadHillPhotos Goddamn, this is even better than the last. I assume this is just a straight-up contact print?
@coldkennels thank you! Yes. Regular contact printed cyanotype and then bleached with washing soda and toned with instant coffee.
Bob Horowitz@ChadHillPhotos well this is just marvelous.
@BobHorowitz thank you! 😅
raoul 🇦🇺@ChadHillPhotos 'toning' is just immersion here? I.e. diluted coffee? Anything special to note? I want to try this ASAP! :)
@raoul well, it’s bleached back with washing soda first; before the coffee bath. You CAN still get a nice color by skipping the bleach step, but I like to just bleach it just a very little, basically until I see the blue just START to fade, before a quick rinse and then into the coffee for about 20 min or so and then a final wash.
This page has a pretty good rundown on cyanotype toning: https://mpaulphotography.wordpress.com/2011/04/01/cyanotype-toning-the-basics/
