The last couple of weeks have been interesting. Shiff taught us a new darkroom technique called solarization. Basically, while a print is developing, you flash it with a bright light so that it all the whites are replaced by gray blobs. This is called the Sabatier Effect, and it's way good. Above is a solarized version of a photo of a group of pigeons hiding behind some kind of bush or something. It's really dark because this I actually flashed this print for twice the normal amount of time so that I could use it as a paper negative for the print below. You can still see a little bit of blobbiness, but not as much as you normally would.
This is a reversal of the solarization. When you reverse a solarization, it creates an extremely dramatic, almost pure black-and-white effect. Shiff says that this one is among the best she has ever seen, which is a little flattering.
This is a reversal of the first reversal. It eliminates even more gray, leaving a print that basically looks like a black-and-white pen-and-ink. This one looks a lot cooler in person than it does online, trust me. Shiff said this one was pushing it a little, but I still think it's awesome.
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3 comments:
wow i love that solarization effect, id love to see more shots like that of different subjects
wow that is wicked cool! ive done solarization before but i never thought of reversing it. im so ganna try that!
how do you reverse solarization? I'm doing it right now for a class
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