Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Let me know if you are going to do another 6AM-11PM trip, and want company :-) I don't know, it looks like typical Velvia 50 to me... Seriously, yea, looks like may be developer failure. Are you using the 6 step E-6? May be trying a mask layer to only cover the upper portion, and then adjust color until it looks better? You can always turn it into a B&W.... On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Bob Adler<rgacpa at yahoo.com> wrote: > As I posted before, we had a great day at Yosemite on Friday. One of the > venues we shot was right after lunch; it was a view from the valley floor > west. The valley meadow was occasionally glowing with breakthroughs of the > sun and had lush grasses and flowers. > > So I decided this was a large format type of scene and walked out into the > bog and rain, unbrella and 4x5 in hand. Of course by the time I set up, it > had clouded up quite a bit more, but toward the end the sun broke through > onto the grasses and I was able to get off a few sheets. > > I developed them yesterday. Unfortunately, I think the 1st E-6 developer > was too old to complete the process, but I'm not sure. > Such are the perils of film... I'll just have to go back :-) > > The scan is here: > http://raflexions.com/2009Yosemite/content/YosemiteMeadow01_large.html > > Any input on saving this image (particularly the purpleness of the sky and > mountains) would be appreciated. The transparency pretty much looks like > this scan (Velvia 50). > > Best, > Bob > -- // richard m: richard @imagecraft.com // w: http://www.rfman.com // b: http://rfman.wordpress.com