Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A very viable worth it image perhaps more so as a scan than as an original slide to darkroom print. I'd desaturate the blues and greens (sky and grass) they are so hyped up they are bound to look a little distorted. Or just the whole shot. Mark William Rabiner > From: Bob Adler <rgacpa at yahoo.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Date: Mon, 8 Jun 2009 08:31:25 -0700 (PDT) > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Perils of Film > > 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 > > Bob Adler > Palo Alto, CA > http://www.raflexions.com > > > >