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A nice LabRat tutorial to gain strange effects on your films!
Digging through the kitchen to see what else I could use for some LabRat experiments I found baking soda and thought “give it a try!” So I mixed baking soda and boiling water in a glass with lit and of course one film: Agfa Vista 200. I think you can also use a cocktail shaker to mix everything very well. After the concoction cooled out I put the film on a heater to dry. This took several weeks to be on the safe side. Next time I will use a hair dryer in a dark room to dry the films!
I loaded my LC-A with the dry film, set it to 200 (so the original film iso, could have overexposed a bit though) and shot it. My lab, Fotofachlabor Roland Wacker, Pforzheim, Germany, was informed so he used one way chemicals to develop the films. I must say that I like the results very much. The purple tones are due to the heat of the boiling water and the baking soda made this tree like structure – very nice!!!
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29 comments
neurodiaz
Incredible results Stephen. Bravo.
novakmisi
nice !!!
vicuna
fascinating results!!
squamy
Very cool! I must give this a go!
superlighter
Bicarbonato di Sodio!? Wow!!
superlighter
a Q. how many spoon of Soda? and what's the difference if you use an Agfa 200 and setting the LCA at 200 too?
stouf
Excellent ! Feels like Alice in Wonderland : )
adi_totp
fantastic! try it on a redscale film,stephan! :))
antibiotyx
delicious shots!!!
but the spammer above makes me vomit. argh.
staciehewitt
I just did it to a roll of film! Now time for the waiting...
natalieerachel
Ahhh! These are nuts!
Would it come out as nice if I the film was processed by machine?
jeabzz
really nice! i should try it soon :D
macstef
great gallery... really need to try this.
roonandbeks
We soaked this film in hot alcohol the dryed it with a hairdryer, it came out quite nice. http://www.lomograph(…)e-box-booze
frenzal
naxoman77
nice psychedelic style!
chris-carnage
so u soaked the film in this mix before shooting? nice. i do negative bleaching and i tried to pre bleach the roll... doesnt work lol
tallgrrlrocks
so awesome!
troch
Fabulous results, Stephan. Add to the "do this at home" list!
susielomovitz
like it!
eighteyed-hendra
how if i add lemon juice?
lucide
awesome! really trippy :)
glenn
excellent
staciehewitt
Will this work if I get it developed at a basic little photolab or should i spend the extra and send it off to a real one?
mimifleuri
Stunning!
denial_denial
I think this is the best article I've seen. I've just soaked a roll in bicarbonate of soda.
maelstrom
God, I know this urge! It's the 'I-can't-go-to-sleep-til-I-try this!'
Thanks for the tip Mephisto!
xxxanderrr
Was hast du eigentlich genau benutzt? Backpulver wohl eher nicht, oder? =D
ayer
looks like LSD trip...
will do!