Extreme shading?

[Peter_H]

I’ve just read a note from my wife, written using Diamine Monboddo’s Hat.  It looked black to me, so we had a discussion and she is still only using Monboddo to ink that pen.  Further investigation showed this:

(The contrast has been heavily reduced to show the effect on-camera, but the original is merely a more intense version of this)

 

Horizontal lines come out as purple-ish, but the vertical ones - and cursive writing - show as totally black.  Is this merely an example of extreme shading?  The pen is a Jinhao clone (with Arrow clip) of the Parker Sonnet Silver Fougere, with bi-tone coated steel Jinhao F nib.

 

 

[A Smug Dill]

18 minutes ago, Peter_H said:

Horizontal lines come out as purple-ish, but the vertical ones - and cursive writing - show as totally black.  Is this merely an example of extreme shading?

 

Looks to me like sheen, as opposed to shading.

[amberleadavis]

Shading

 

 

Sheen

 

[lapis]

On 7/18/2022 at 2:32 PM, A Smug Dill said:

 

Looks to me like sheen, as opposed to shading.

That's what I thought. Wouldn't mind seeing a photo with the whole paper slanted (towards me), with a lot of light being reflected (right into my eyes).

 

Whew

[Peter_H]

Thanks, everyone - I bow to your expertise! 🙇

 

Presumably, there has been differential ink flow, depending on the nib orientation?  Not really sure why my wife’s writing looks so dark - perhaps she uses quite a bit of pressure?

 

28 minutes ago, lapis said:

Wouldn't mind seeing a photo with the whole paper slanted (towards me), with a lot of light being reflected (right into my eyes).

 

Sorry, @lapis, I don’t have the pen at hand right now.  I have no doubt that you and @ASmugDill are correct about it being sheen, though.