- I have shot Portra 400 at 800 and it looks great. I may have a 1600 roll or too - it can look good it just depends on the scene.
- Love Death Valley. I shot this scene in Feb of 2012 on Velvia from a slightly different vantage point - however probably 25-30 minutes before you when the sky was purple just as the sun started to poke out. You may have needed to start a little earlier to get both the sky and FG into slide film\'s comfort zone.
- Incidentally the exposure blend is interesting and a cool look but a little visually confusing since you have golden light on the mid-distance terrain but it looks like late morning off in the distance and in the sky.
Thanks for the comments.
I think was within the lattitude w/Provia BUT metered 2 stops to much open.
I just wasn\'t paying attention I guess.
Thanks for pointing out the difference in lighting! I wondered about that...
What do you think, 1 or two stops??
Dan
Not really sure what you\'re asking. Maybe this explanation and picture will help:
Here\'s an image I took that I referenced above - it\'s a straight lab (Noritsu) scan. Even though you can usually dig a lot of detail out of Velvia scans with several passes, or with a drum scan, I usually shoot it with the assumption I\'ll get 5ish stops. If Zone 1 is the darkest shadows and Zone 5 is the brightest highlights, I probably metered this one for the mountains in the distance to be Zone 3.
If I were scanning this today, I\'d probably remove some of the blues on the terrain and add back some warmth, then darken the sky and start to play with the tonal contrasts globally and then specifically in the foreground, where there\'s a lot of interesting detail.
That\'s OK, I think your explanation of metering clarifys it.
I do prefer your earlier shot
I had the Mamiya 7 & 43mm witth too, maybe I should have used it (jk)
Thanks
Dan
Feb 29, 2016 at 11:11 PM
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