Bastei Bridge I

The photo was made analog (negative 6x4.5 cm medium format) on a B&W film. The picture was then printed on Hahnemühle 308 g / m² cotton surface paper and using a watercolor technique in an elaborate process and several layers glazed in order to create a color image from a B & W picture. The glazes were applied to the paper by hand with a brush. These were sealed as a finish to make it more durable. The technique is based on a watercolor technique, which was used at the beginning of the 19th century to color the photos and films of that time. The motif is a rock formation with a viewing platform in Saxon Switzerland on the right bank of the Elbe in the area of ​​the municipality of Lohmen between the health resort Rathen and the city of Wehlen. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in Saxon Switzerland. From the bastion, the narrow rocky reef drops steeply over 194 m to the Elbe. It offers a wide view of the Elbe Valley and the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.