Posted by Mel Ladewig on November 6, 2008 at 10:04 AM
The recent snowstorm in Colorado Springs brought with it some great contrasts between fall and winter. I headed down to North Cheyenne Canyon park to capture a few shots with the 4X5.
This was shot on Kodak E100G. Its the first time I've scanned this film, so it might take me a little while to get it just right, but on the light table I'm loving this film. It has better skin tones than Astia with the saturation of Provia and a nice wide dynamic range.
Last year I shared a couple shots from this spot and Jack asked me if they were shot on 4X5. Unfortunately my 150mm was in the shop getting its shutter cleaned last year. I've corrected the problem this time around.
Mel-
Posted by Pam Colander on November 6, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Dynamic range looks huge. Looks like you chose a scene to give it a good test. I would be tempted to crop down from the top to about halfway down the nearest right side tree truck. The small pops of yellow compliment the cool color temp nicely.
Pam
Posted by Mel Ladewig on November 6, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Thanks for your comment Pam. I'll try that crop suggestion when I get home.
I'm also a bit concerned as I see this on my work monitor that it looks very dark. That wasn't the case with the slide and I thought I had gotten the density about right at home. I exposed the snow on the right at +1 or +1.5, but now it looks to me as if it is scanned at +0EV. I've recently calibrated my home monitor, so I would think it was fine.
Posted by Joshua Hardin on November 6, 2008 at 4:19 PM
Looks a little dark on my monitor at work too Mel, especially on the lower half of the image, so I think your instincts are right. However, the snow looks exposed perfectly without any blown highlights. I imagine that this will continue to be a tricky image to work with. Color balance appears a little blue, but as Pam mentioned the sporatic leaves add some nice warmth to the image.
Posted by Mel Ladewig on November 6, 2008 at 10:14 PM
I reworked the image. New scan and new processing.
Posted by John Klotz on November 6, 2008 at 11:12 PM
Hey Mel, Nice shot man. The rework looks great on my monitor and opened up the deatil in the shadows.
John
Posted by Laurent Baig on November 7, 2008 at 6:15 PM
The rework looks great, Mel.
Posted by Don George on November 7, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Mel, the rework looks good. Gives me the chills!
Posted by Stan Rose on November 8, 2008 at 5:48 PM
The rework is very nice, i like the hint of light in the background.
Posted by Dan Walters on November 9, 2008 at 7:43 PM
Nice image! I really like the repost and the blue tones in the image.
Discussion
9 repliesThis was shot on Kodak E100G. Its the first time I've scanned this film, so it might take me a little while to get it just right, but on the light table I'm loving this film. It has better skin tones than Astia with the saturation of Provia and a nice wide dynamic range.
Last year I shared a couple shots from this spot and Jack asked me if they were shot on 4X5. Unfortunately my 150mm was in the shop getting its shutter cleaned last year. I've corrected the problem this time around.
Mel-
Pam
I'm also a bit concerned as I see this on my work monitor that it looks very dark. That wasn't the case with the slide and I thought I had gotten the density about right at home. I exposed the snow on the right at +1 or +1.5, but now it looks to me as if it is scanned at +0EV. I've recently calibrated my home monitor, so I would think it was fine.
John