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    Using Lith film, you make three positives with different dark areas ( this can be done in a number of ways, F-stop being the easiest). You then use one of the three positives (this is another point where you can experiment for different end results) to make a negative. Align all three copies with the negative at the bottom. Tape them together or use registration pins ( I prefer the pins). This is all contact printing of course. The trick is to make three exposures removing two of the positives without moving the paper. Everyone has a different way of doing this, I prefer using registration pins (I have a light table, so this is much easier). You can use tape and tape the neg on two sides to a board, taping the other two positives on one side to the neg and slip the paper into this pocket.

    You are breaking the negative down into light gray, dark gray, and black. It flattens everything, so it takes the right negative to get something interesting. It was a procedure that jumped to mind with this paper because I was thinking that a third positive would change everything .
    Last edited by reverberation; 04-23-2008 at 04:23 PM.
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