Re: [Digital BW] Re: lith redevelopment - Success!
2004-11-25 by steve_bye
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From: "hill14701" <hill14701@...> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 7:49 AM Subject: [Digital BW] Re: lith redevelopment - Success! Roger and all, The prints from Mpix.com can be bleached and redeveloped in a lith developer. While not a "true" lith print is made, redeveloping in lith will introduce lith type effects on the print. My prints acheived a split tone, stretching from purple to pink, in the midtone and highlight areas while the darker tones remained neutral. The creative possibilities are endless, and this gives an excellent look to portraiture. As I had no lith chemisty available but plenty of gumption, I bleached the print in standard septia toner to about 75% completion. I used crystal drano (Sodium Hydroxide) as the catalyst for the lith effect. I added 1-1/2 tablespoons to 1 liter of water with 10 milliters of Sprint Film Developer. The print redeveloped slowly, then quickly started to change colors - when the print looked right it was snatched from the developer and quickly dropped into stop bath and given a complete wash sequence. I did try paper developer in a standard working dilution, but the developer was much too active to achieve a lith effect. It worked perfectly with very dilute film developer with a larger amount of NaOH. I am beginning to see the possibilities of this hybrid digital/silver process and am very excited. That and no banding! Don > I'd also like to hear the details about the Lith redevelopment process. > Please tell all Don. This is a Digital Black and White list. IMHO it > sounds like this process is at least half digital, I'd think it's close > enough to desired topic to be shared with the list. Thanks, so much. > > Roger Smith, East Lansing, MI Please visit the Group Homepage to check the Files, and other resources as they are often being updated. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint If you wish to receive no emails or just a daily digest, or you wish to unsubscribe, please edit your Membership preferences by visiting this same page. Please follow these basic guidelines: - As threads develop, trim off excess portions of earlier messages to keep them short. - Good manners are required at all time. No personal attacks or flames. Hostile, aggressive or argumentative users may be removed from the membership without notice. - Keep your posts and threads related to the group topic of digital B&W printing. Users who persistently make off-topic posts may be removed from the membership. - By posting on this forum you agree to abide by the group rules and guidelines, and to abide by the actions and decisions of the group Owner and Moderators. See "Group Topic, Rules and Guidelines" in the Files section: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint/files/ BY PARTICIPATING IN AND/OR POSTING MESSAGES TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO! GROUP YOU EXPRESSLY UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE "OWNER" AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, GOODWILL, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES (EVEN IF THE "OWNER" AND "MODERATORS" OF DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES), RESULTING FROM: (i) THE USE OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; (ii) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR ALTERATION OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR DATA; (iii) STATEMENTS OR CONDUCT OF ANY THIRD PARTY ON THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP; OR (iv) ANY OTHER MATTER RELATING TO THE DIGITAL BW, THE PRINT YAHOO GROUP. Yahoo! Groups Links