Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/03/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Gary: I wasn't discounting Velvia as much as you think. It's just that I don't find much use for it here in New England except for the fall, and even then it's slower than I'd like. Having lived in Northern California I can readily understand why you find it great for foggy coastal redwood grove pictures. I use it along with Portra VC and some Provia 100F September-October. I'm limited to some 1997 vintage Fujichrome 64T for my 11x14 pictures, http://www.hemenway.com/pages/8x10%20Late%20Red%20Maple.htm and would love to have some 11x14 Velvia for autumn foliage shots. - -- Jim http://www.hemenway.com - -------- Gary Todoroff wrote: > > Jim and John - Why would you discount a film with such amazing properties > that return a great photo where another film would absolutely fall flat? I > don't use Velvia for portraits or for capturing the international orange of > Coast Guard helicopters (Astia works great for those). But on a foggy day in > the redwoods with ferns and leaves, only Velvia pulls out the million shades > of green while maintaining the pure whites in the mist. > > You want an "obnoxious cliché" - just pick up any arty photo magazine over > the last five years and look for the open mouth scream portrait. As for > Velvia - it in no more a cliché than the color blue, which, come to think of > it, Velvia captures quite nicely, too. Tools are tools and film is a tool. > You > don't use Velvia like a crescent wrench. I think your comments are a > disservice to a really great film! > > Regards, > Gary Todoroff > Tree LUGger > > From: Jim Hemenway > > > > I think that the only thing that Velvia is good for is Autumn and a > > visit to the circus > > and > >The Velvia 'look' is by now an obnoxious cliché. > > >John Brownlow > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html