Forsythia

First Lumen print of the Spring. Had it out in the light and was working in the garage when I fell and hurt my knee. As I was getting in the car to go to ER, my Wife said, "what about the print?". She put it down in the darkroom. It was eight days before I could 'crutch' down stairs to process it. So, here it is!
Location
Deck
Equipment Used
Printing Frame
Exposure
2 1/2 hours
Film & Developer
N/A
Paper & Developer
Adox MCP310 - Fixer only
Lens Filter
None
Really lovely! Hope the knee is OK
 
I think some of the spots are where the petals stuck to the paper. After a week, some were really stuck on. I just let them soak off in the fixer, and then strained my fixer back into the jug.
Knee is coming along - probably be on crutches for another week and then a cane for a while. Sure keeps from getting out and around on nice Spring days!
 
One of the most interesting and fascinating images I've seen in quite some time.

The process: Lay the Forsythia on the paper. Wait for X time in bright sunlight, and ONLY fix... ?

Do I have that right?
 
Beautiful!

(@ Ed - yes, that's what a lumen print is. Just fix it after a long exposure time. I understand you can do this with negatives also, but you probably want extremely high contrast negs, if not two tone, like lith film negs or similar).
 

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