Re: LITH-printing (and 2 questions) long.

["Willem-Jan Markerink" <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On 28 Nov 98 at 23:03, Bob Parsons wrote:

> When I started lith printing Konica IR negs I wasn't prepared for 
> the results, what a wonderful surprise! The ability to obtain tone 
> separation in the shadows and beautiful soft  highlights with backlit 
> forest scenes amazes me. The tonal distribution of IR landscapes
> seems to match the characterisics of lith printing very well. There is
> an overall feeling of openess and light, just what I want to achieve. 
> In addition lith prints are very responsive to toning such as Gold or
> Selenium.  I can see lith printing IR is going to provide many  
> enjoyable hours in the darkroom not to mention the results.

Okay, URL's please!....:-))
 
> Someone who is very experienced in lith printing is Tim Rudman 
> who has just published a (the only?) book on this subject. It's called 
> 'The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course' and is due out this 
> month. There is also a chapter in his current book  "The Photographer's
> Master Printing Course" which gives more than enough information to
> get started.

Great, perhaps Tim can give us an URL with IR/lith-samples as 
well....:-))
 
> I wish to tone the prints so that the highlights are golden yellow 
> and the deep shadows dark blue-black. There are two problems 
> I have with toning:

Promise us to put a sample on the web when you succeed!....:-))

 

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Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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