Finally (after many, many, many sheets) I have got a
result I am happy with from Slavich Unibrom in lith developer. I
haven't been out shooting much lately so the majority of my darkroom
work has been in revisiting old negatives from the time when all I had
was my scanner. I remembered I had shot a few rolls inside an abandoned
power station some time ago using my old Lubitel 166b, one of my main
cameras before I bought my Bronica SQ-A. I thought the decay and
dereliction inside the station would work well with a cold, stark lith
effect so I decided to give it a try. If I could get the Unibrom to
work then I knew it would give me the look I wanted, the problem was
that ever since opening the packet I have been plagued with uneven
develolment.
This time, however, I had a plan. After a hefty amount
of googling I had come accross a few people who had soaked their print
in warm water for a minute or so prior to developing. I decided to give
it a try, after all - if it messed up I could just add it to the pile
of other failures!
As it so happens the presoak worked a charm! Development
started in the darkest areas of the print as opposed to the edges and
continued as with any other lith paper. I let development continue
until an appropriate snatch point was reached.
The only problem I am still having is in retaining
highlight detail, I just cant seem to get that extra bit needed before
the blacks get too dense. Ah well, keep trying I guess! At least im
getting consistently better results now. Im looking forward to trying
out the unibrom again in my next printing session, perhaps with some
second pass lith...
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