Backlit Bryce

Hi Mark what film did you use? Velvia? I have slides from the last century (Kodachrome and Ektachrome) that I scan with the V750 which is the same scanner but with MonacoEZcolor software. I still find it difficult to achieve correct color balance depending on the film. Some come out good and some don't. I have not had the time or stamina lately to set up the calibration for the films that don't have a profile on the Xrite website.. I would opt for a drum scan in this case. I have never had a drum scan done on my old film work but I am seriously thinking about it for a few of my favorites. I think it is worth it unless you have a lot of time to spend on color calibration of the scanner. I like the light and overall comp so I think it is worth it.

Here is one of my V750 scans that meet my expectations Portage Glacier (BTW - this was taken with a Mamiya 645 and Ektachrome professional slide film). Many other of my scanned images did not.

Eva, This is on Ekatachrome VR. I spent a fair amount of time "playing" to get colors that I thought were reasonably accurate.

Quite an unearthly look here, Mark. My first reaction was that this must be a posting in the "Photo Art" gallery. I don't see the artifacts that you mention but I do appreciate that this image is quite different than I'm accustomed to seeing. The strange scenery and coloration is what strikes me the most. I'm not sure what a drum scan would accomplish here. Perhaps software post-processing could accomplish your aims? I find that there is just so much flexibility and variety being offered in various filters these days. Anyway, regarding this image, I like it as is.

The light is beautiful as is the view. Very nicely done

Heavy on the purple side with blocked shadows Mark which is why I said Velvia. I have used the earlier Ektachrome Professional 100 and 200 ASA which were more on the blue side compared to Kodachrome which was more on the red side. Just communicating my film experience so please don't take this the wrong way.

Mark, your image has got a wonderful rich tonal range, I am shure it is worth to rework it with a drum scan. At least on my monitor, the magenta is a bit too intense. Anyway, a beautiful composition especially with the glow in the foreground!

Peter

I pretty much agree with the others regarding the quality of light and the colorcast. Pretty view!

Looks very good to me Mark.
Have very little knowledge of the process, just like what I see.
Nicely done!

Mark:
This is beautiful landscape. Don't know anything about film scanning but the image is good and worth the extra effort to get it right.

The composition works well here, and there is a nice glow on the closer formations. I have no knowledge of what you would get different from a drum scan, but as far as this image goes, it's very contrasty, and the many deep black holes in the image are distracting. Also the image, overall is pretty soft and the artifacts in the sky are quite noticable on the larger version

really great layering here. So much to look at. Very nice.