Johnson Street Bridge, Lith, Solarized
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Johnson Street Bridge, Lith, Solarized
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sly

Johnson Street Bridge, Lith, Solarized

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I got called out of the darkroom for a minor crisis and left a lith test strip in the developer. When I got back, that test strip looked kinda interesting.
This Foma 131 print was solarized in Rollei Vintage, with a 60 watt bulb held about 18 inches above the tray. Because the developer was so dilute (and getting exhauted), it took 10 minutes for the print to reach this colour. I was able to watch it gradually darken. If I try this again, I'd pick a negative without such a large dark area, and/or start solarizing before the blacks get very infected (what would be the correct term?) Anyone else ever tried this? It was an interesting experiment, and I'll add it to my bag of tricks.
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Location
Victoria
Equipment Used
Yashica LM
Film & Developer
HP5+, Rodinal
Paper & Developer
Foma 131, Rollei Vintage
I actually just solarized a lith print yesterday. I got interested in the idea when I was dealing with very exhausted developer that wasn't doing much for the print. I found it was a good way to reign in some annoyingly bright patches of the print that was originally intended as a test. I was using diluted, expired, exhausted arista lith and a sheet of slavich unibrom.
 
RPippin
Great print and great shot. I've never tried solarizing in Lith so I'll have to try it out next time in the darkroom.
 
Thomas Bertilsson
Those colors are so intense! And don't worry about the blacks. They are strong and beautiful, and supportive of the content.
 
eddie
I like the blacks, too. Without them, you'd lose the great graphic quality.
 
sly
Thanks folks. This has grown on me. I will be trying this again - next time I've got the lith chemicals out. I'm wondering how the solarization would look with something more organic like a figure study or foliage/flowers.
 

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