Shimmering Grains

Tree Tuesday – My very first LITH PRINT ever!

It was a struggle to get my basement renovation finished, and when it finally happened, it was a kinda scary thing to getting to “know” my new (used, but new to me…) huge enlarger!

But I think we’ve gotten to know each other a bit now, so today, on Tree Tuesday, I proudly present my very first lith print, a kind of tentative gently attempt which required some measures, both longer exposure time and development time, but that ended up being quite good, at least for being the first time ever, though I can see I was too chicken with both the exposure and the development time.It can only be better… 😀

This is so fun, and I can’t wait to go back there again, to my new cave…..

I am so very curious about this with lith printing, it feels so right for my expression, and I will do everything possible to learn more about this technique, and toning as well.
Now I can really do it, in my new darkroom …..

Enjoy, and have a happy Tree Tuesday! 🙂

Hasselblad SWC
Ilford Delta 400
Kodak T-max dev 1:4
Ilford MGFB Warmtone
Fotospeed LD 20 Lith developer

Tags: analogue photography, art, film photography, Fotospeed LD 20, Hasselblad SWC, Ilford, Ilford Multigrade FB Warmtone, Lith print, Medium Format photography, photography, weekly photo challenge

Tree Tuesday – in colour or black and white?

Hello everyone!

I’m sorry for being absent lately, but I have had almost no time for blogging, and no weather for photography.

Or, should I say, no weather that is inspiring for me… Don’t know when I last saw the sun, must be over a month now… But, at the bottom, it can only be better, huh? 😉

This week I chose an image I took last autumn, and I couldn’t decide whether I liked it or not, so I did a monochrome conversion in Lightroom, and ended up with the regret of not having taken this image with black and white film.

But, I know where to find this gorgeous little tree, so it won’t be long before I have it properly photographed on black and white film. I just have to wait for the snow to vanish…

Which one do you like the most?

First the original