Here's a B&W of Liberty Cap and Nevada Falls from Yosemite NP. Chamonix field camera, Fuji 90mm lens, Kodak TXP 320 film. Cropped off most of an uninteresting sky; there just weren't ANY clouds.
Kenj8246 wrote:
Hi, Dan, these look good to my eye and you made nice lemonade on that last one. As I mentioned before, the color on the valley floor got better over the 4 or 5 days I was there. I would have been better served to wander the river looking for this type of shot than traipsing around to the iconic views. But, there's always next time.
Nothing from the big point and shoot?
Kenny
Kenny,
I thought about it but my P&S psyche was with the Mamiya. I think if I had an extra day, would have.
I find if I switch back & forth impulsively, get off my game.
I might get up there mid December
Can understand that, Dan. I'll be interested to see something from it whenever you can get up there. I am making a concerted effort to use the P67 as much as I can since I have made the investment. I like it a lot but wish it weighed what the Mamiya 7 weighs. Still, on a tripod with MLU, it produces fine images.
Would dearly love to shoot in Yosemite with some snow around. <sigh>
nicoimages wrote:
Edward - the colour your are getting with Portra 400 and the overall look and feel vs your other Digital Leica images is so much nicer
Mamiya 7 with 80/4 lens. Ektar 100 self developed and scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 9000
nicoimages wrote:
Edward - the colour your are getting with Portra 400 and the overall look and feel vs your other Digital Leica images is so much nicer
Mamiya 7 with 80/4 lens. Ektar 100 self developed and scanned with a Nikon Coolscan 9000
Not sure if good or bad, but I wouldnt be able to say if its digital or film. You must be really really good in developing and scanning, they are all great. And ofc, good eye. Digging that minimalistic one subject theme.
Mescalamba wrote:
Not sure if good or bad, but I wouldnt be able to say if its digital or film. You must be really really good in developing and scanning, they are all great. And ofc, good eye. Digging that minimalistic one subject theme.
Thanks glad you like them - Apart from the grain - which will always be present in film scans - as long as the exposure and development is right the colours can be just as accurate if not more so than a digital image.
Colour casts and underexposure can look great with the right image but in my view you should be able to achieve an accurate or aesthetically pleasing representation with film just as easily as digital. If you look back at publications such as fashion magazines and national geographic up to around 2000 when film was still king you would very rarely be able to tell that it was a film image particularly if medium format film was used.
From the other weekend, Leica M5, v 35/2.5 w/ orange filter, delta 100, rodinal 1:50, pakon scan
and......1 from my month long exhibit that just ended. This was just after I setup prior to the opening reception. 50 images, combination of film and digital capture (sold more film images than digital!). My wife in the background for moral support as I setup.
As I mentioned before, the color on the valley floor got better over the 4 or 5 days I was there. I would have been better served to wander the river looking for this type of shot than traipsing around to the iconic views. But, there's always next time.
