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Taken a few months ago and printed recently.
Nikon F5 (the brick!) with 50mm and yellow filter. Film is Fomapan 100 devd in Rodinal. Paper is Ilford MG Fibre dev'd in Moersch Eco 4812. Moersch Selenium, very lightly toned in Moersch Siena MT4, Sodium sulphite to stop.
Final print .
first day - test print, pilot print, analyzing.
second day - work on the final print, toning with selenium, drying.
third - sepia toning, final drying.
fourth day - continued drying
fifth day - continued drying.
sixth day - mounting in passepartau.
Ilford multigrade fb classic 5k mat
PQ universal
stop bath water
Alkaline Fixer
Selenium-sepia duotone with dilute bleach bath
HP5 D76
Print on old well expired Foma Variant IV 123. Dev in multigrade. Very fogged paper, highlights grey. Bleached to retrieve them (maybe started to go a bit far at the top) then selenium tone.
Sailboat moored off Babson Island. Same foggy morning - we were en route to the loop hiking trail.
Interestingly enough, Michael suggested trying the selenium toning during the processing. This is different from his usual practice of yellow split-toning, and I think it does evoke the blue in the morning fog.
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Eastman Kodak 2-D (8x10") with 9 1/2" Wollensak Velostigmat Series II
Fomapan 200 in Pyrocat-HD
Contact printed on Foma 542 II
Developed in Meritol
Toned in Sepia / Selenium
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One of my first ever analog photos! Jokingly, I bought the last single use camera they had at some souvenir store on my visit to Bavaria back in 2015. The cashier told me something like "oh but this is still film, you know, no one buys that anymore". I didn't care much, bought it, shot with it, then mostly forgot about it. I had it lying undeveloped in some closet for a few years until I actually had it developed by a local drug store chain. And so, my analog journey started.
It was only recently that I came across the negatives from this camera again while looking through old photos. This one was a stand-out shot to me, it just worked. Originally, it was a color photo but I had the idea of trying it as a lith print in b/w – and so I did.
This was by far the longest photo paper exposure I've had to date. The negative was pretty dense thanks to heavy fog plus it had the brown/orange color masking too.
I've made three different lith prints – including this one. Still have a hard time deciding which is the best but this one hits my original vision the closest, I think.
With its super fuzzy and unsharp look, I kind of wish I had kept the camera itself... makes for very interesting, artsy shots!
Lith print onto Agfa Multicontrast Premium MCP 312 RC with Moersch Easy Lith 1+10
Briefly toned in selenium: Moersch MT 1 1+50
Unknown single use camera + unknown plastic lens + unknown C-41 film (how helpful ;))
C-41 lab development
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
I uploaded the untoned print in May this year, and I was always a bit annoyed by the very green hues of it. So I've toned the print in selenium and rescanned and spotted the scan in Gimp. Much better IMO.
Photograph 2012, printed 2012
The Foshay Tower was once the tallest building in the Midwest, today dwarfed by the buildings surrounding it. It is still a bit of an architectural icon, and a beautiful part of the urban landscape.
Leica M2 / 50mm Summitar / Foma Fomapan 400 / replenished Kodak Xtol / 6x8" silver gelatin print on 8x10 Foma Fomabrom Variant 112 / replenished Ethol LPD / lightly toned in Moersch MT3 and Harman Selenium
Ilford HP5+ in Ilfotech DDX
91/2x12 Print on Ilford RCV dev in Moersch 4812 Selenium tone.
Meopta Opemus 7 Schneider Companion S 50mm f2.8.
Claunch, N.M.
April, 1981
Leica M4-2, 50mm
Agfapan 100 in Rodinal 1:50
Lith print Jan 22, 2017 on Fomatone 132 in Moersch SE5 30+30+10/1000ml
Selenium toned
One of my first experiments with lith printing. Unpredictable and interesting if tedious process. Untoned prints tended towards a greenish yellow turning more to a coppery brown with toning.
TriX in Jobo Alpha
Polychromeprint (though in this case it is more an Oligo-, but it get's more flesh anyway) onto Kodak Bromide + selenium
The previous upload made with this 4x5 pinhole negative was a rather grainy Lith print on expired paper. This one is a regular warm-tone print on Rollei Vintage 332 paper, slightly toned in selenium and sepia.
Must have been taken some evening on my trip to Berlin in late 2022 :-)
Geotag roughly approximated.
Print onto Agfa Brovira BN 111 using Moersch Ecomol @ 1+9 (with .5% Restrainer Neutral added)
Toned in Selenium: Moersch MT 1 @ 1+10
Zeiss-Ikon Contessa LK + Carl Zeiss Tessar 50/2.8 + Kodak 400TX
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan.
Rolleiflex sl 66, delta 400, d76 1+1
Ilford multigrade fb classic 5k mat
PQ universal
stop bath water
Alkaline Fixer
Selenium-sepia duotone with dilute bleach bath
Hasselblad 501CM, Planar 100 with extension tube, yellow filter.
Delta 400 in Pyro 48.
Paper Select Ivory (PW17)
Developer Meritol 1+10 3 minutes.
Right toned version:
Mt1 Selenium Toner 1+10 1 minute for the shades and MT7 Iron Blue Toner for midrange and lights 5+5+10+5+500 ml 40 seconds, followed by Lead acetate 2,5% sol. 20 seconds.
On tonight's evening news, the weather man predicted we've reached a turning point for this Winter's coldest temperatures. The coming week will bring warmer temperatures and even a bit of rain. Mind you, this is the same fellow that only a few weeks ago, predicted the month of February will be colder then usual. So we shall see. In the mean time, I'll try a selenium tint on this photo from December 26th, when it was indeed very cold and snowy.
Another photo from my Gran Paradiso walk, it was quite productive - the area is so beautiful.
Some technical stuff: Canon F1N, 135 2.8 (I think). Film was Ilford FP4+, self-developed in Tetenal Ultafin.
Printed on Ilford MG IV, developed in Amaloco AM6006, selenium toned.
Enlarger: Durst M670
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Hasselblad 501 C/M with Kodak Tri-X 400 developed in Pyrocat-HD
Printed on Foma 542 II
Developed in Catechol/Sepia
Toned in Selenium / MT3
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Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
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Cambo Wide 650 (6x12) - with Fuji Acros 100 developed in PMK
Pictorico OHP digital negative
Contact printed on Orwo 118
Two trays lith development
Selenium / Gold
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contact printing on Fomatone fb classic (18x24). paper (18x24) , development Ilford PQ Universal. Selenium toner in a diluition 1+20.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Mounted Focomat V35 print.
I'm still without a scanner hence the snapshot.
Mounted 9.5x12" selenium-toned silver gelatin print.
I'm spending as much time as possible in the darkroom these days, printing new work.
I hope you're all having fun!
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
8x10 contact print on cotton rag.
Orbit 8x10 camera, Linhof 210mm lens. orange filter.
rollie 100 iso. pyro hd 2+2+100
Keeps reminding me of Kraftwerk's Expo 2000 theme... ;)
Lith Print onto Classic Arts PW (= Forte PW15 Polywarmtone) using Moersch Easy Lith @ 1+20
Toned in Selenium: Moersch MT 1 @ 1+10
Holga 120FN + Ilford FP4+ in Adox XT-3
View The Portugal 2025 Gallery over on my homepage
Print scanned on a Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell Saphir Ultra II using Vuescan. Somewhat messy print borders fixed in Affinity Photo 2.
North Carolina Outer Banks wild horse.
Pentax KX / 55mm f2 / Fuji Neopan SS / HC110 / Silver gelatin lith print, 2011. 5x12" on 11x14 Fomabrom 112 in Arista Lith, Moersch MT3, Selenium.
Rolleiflex sl 66, HP5, d76 1+1
Ilford multigrade fb classic 5k mat
PQ universal
stop bath water
Alkaline Fixer
Selenium-sepia duotone with dilute bleach bath
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Contact print of 6x12cm negative by Holga WPC pinhole camera.
Fomatone 100 negative developed in D76 1+1 for 10 minutes and printed with WA Developer on Adox MCP. Slight selenium and sepia toning.
Rolleiflex sl 66, delta 400, d76 1+1
Ilford multigrade fb classic 5k mat
PQ universal
stop bath water
Alkaline Fixer
Selenium-sepia duotone with dilute bleach bath
… or perhaps selenium would be more accurate (it’s kind of a bluey purple).
This wobbly was taken in May at the RHS gardens at Wisley, from under shady trees looking out on a bright sunny day.
The result was quite curious with this rainfall effect. It reminds me of the pixel sort function that you get in some distortion apps like MirrorLab even though it’s a straight ICM. Normally I don’t get a result that is quite so textured. As the shutter was quite fast there would have been only one movement: straight up (or possible down). The Mistress Serendipity was at play again :)
I tried rendering it in monochrome and was surprised at the result. I thought you might lose the sense of trees but they are still there. I’ve recently previewed more of my wobbly takes in black and white, and some of them seem to work quite well. So that’s another thing for me to explore in my 100x project this year.
Thank you for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy 100 and Donnerstagmonochrom :)
[Hand wobbled in bright daylight.
Developed in Capture One.
Processed in Affinity with heavy sharpening.
Converted to monochrome in Nik Silver Efex with a light selenium toning, playing a lot with brightness and contrast to get a pleasant balance between the rain and the texturing in the foreground grass, while maximising the rain textures...]
"bird highway"
Rolleiflex sl 66, Delta 400, d76 1+1
Ilford multigrade fb classic 5k
Ilford Multigrade develop
24x30cm/ 20x20
stop bath water
Alkaline Fixer
selenium sepia split toning
Somehow, I urgently needed to make this image. Can't really explain why, but it turned as it should. I'm looking for serenity, but of a slightly disturbing kind, something might happen....
The Robert Rigby 4x5" pinhole camera, new Fomapan 400 film, printed on Rollei Vintage warm tone RC, toned in selenium and just a bit of sepia.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper
I realized I needed to work harder on my darkroom skills, if I want to get just a little bit close to the epic landscapes of Don McCullin.
So over the last couple of weeks, I've been teaching myself dodging and burning techniques and more elaborate use of filters for contrast control in the darkroom.
Bottom half is printed grade hard (magenta), sky is burned grade soft (yellow). Toned in selenium 1:19, 3:00 minutes.
Photograph scanned from an original hand-printed, selenium-toned print made with Ilford MG FB Classic paper