A drastic improvement can be made with two simple moves. First, use Curves to set realistic white and black points, then use Hue/Saturation to take the excess blue from the sky. Your scan had a strong yellow cast to it, which was the very first reaction when I saw it. I have no idea what the film actually looked like, but that's sort of irrelevant when you can easily correct for any problems in film or processing.
rattymouse, the previous acros on the Japanese gardens really show how well acros handles green tones. I need to use some of this for nature shooting. I know some B&W films have certain color sensitivities. I could be smart and get a green filter though.
Here's a tree shot, taken just south of Bishop, Ca. off on some side road dirt road. Mamiya 7, 43mm, f/11, T-Max100, 25A Red, developed in T-Max Dev and scanned on a Howtek 8000.
Peter Figen wrote:
Here's a tree shot, taken just south of Bishop, Ca. off on some side road dirt road. Mamiya 7, 43mm, f/11, T-Max100, 25A Red, developed in T-Max Dev and scanned on a Howtek 8000.
Lovely shot, Peter. I've just 'discovered' TMY-2 and Tmax developer.
Wayne - I've been going to the Eastern Sierras for 45 years or so now. One of my first trips included a trip to Bodie when I was still in Jr. High School. Probably still have some of those images around somewhere. I've been going back ever since. Mono Lake, the Mono Craters, Onion Valley Road, Bristlecone Pines - both groves, Cerro Gordo - highly recommended, Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills, and of course, Pizza Factory in LP - better than the one in Bishop. Mountain Light Gallery in Bishop. Okay, enough or I'm going to have to jump in my truck and get my ass back up there. But seriously, it's the one part of the country where I consistently go back time and again, for decades and never ever get tired of it. There's something about the air and the light that keeps drawing me back. Just don't go during the Lone Pine Film Fest.
From a score the other week at the antique store on a fugly canon fd 35/2, I found out it is one of the sought after thorium lenses, a chrome snub nose with a concave front element to be exact. Paid $8 for it. A visible scratch on the front element but, everything works. Let me just say I am blown away by the results. Super sharp wide open, beautiful rendering, 3d quality to it. Here are a few example from some around the house test shots. Canon A-1, gold200, tetenal, pakon scanned, lr5 (adjust black/white point).
very solid blk/wht.
