Posted by Tom Stermitz on July 28, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Sleepless in Denver lead me to look through some photos from last Fall. Cold air and troughs aloft (as Stormy Rockman used to say) resulted in dramatic wave clouds.
The red and yellow saturation of Velvia 100 film gives such glorious sunsets! I like film grain for flowers, rocks and trees, but for sunsets I want a creamier look. Since film grain doesn't have much color noise, I just need to boost the luminance slider in ACR.
This is a two shot stitched pano which gave me a 7700 pixel wide image. Next on my purchase list will be a color-corrected monitor and a faster computer.
This is a beautiful sunset / sunrise shot. I wish for more detail in the blocked out cloud above the horizon. I would definitely recommend getting a color-corrected monitor. It definitely makes a lot of difference. I recently purchased an NEC 2490 WUXI2 and have been very pleased with it. I am expecting to receive my first print since purchasing it in the mail. I can't wait!!
Beautiful colors - I am sure a bigger version of this will be a pleasure to watch.
Posted by Tom Stermitz on July 29, 2011 at 11:39 AM
@Brian. I think you are right about the cloud. I'll work on that.
@Soubhik. What a great turn of phrase! "...a pleasure to watch." I could put a really large, quality print on the wall and spend the evening watching the clouds roll across!
Posted by Tom Stermitz on July 29, 2011 at 11:28 PM
@Stan. I knew the weatherman would geek out on this! The waves were evolving quickly just like the sunset. It was an interesting race whether they would dissipate or drift away from the light-action. Lenticular clouds from high winds over the mountains can also be very dramatic.
@David. I can move sliders and hue/saturation around in ACR to get pretty good colors out of my digital camera, but there is something stunning about getting these colors straight off the film.
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6 repliesThe red and yellow saturation of Velvia 100 film gives such glorious sunsets! I like film grain for flowers, rocks and trees, but for sunsets I want a creamier look. Since film grain doesn't have much color noise, I just need to boost the luminance slider in ACR.
This is a two shot stitched pano which gave me a 7700 pixel wide image. Next on my purchase list will be a color-corrected monitor and a faster computer.
@Soubhik. What a great turn of phrase! "...a pleasure to watch." I could put a really large, quality print on the wall and spend the evening watching the clouds roll across!
Nice work.
@David. I can move sliders and hue/saturation around in ACR to get pretty good colors out of my digital camera, but there is something stunning about getting these colors straight off the film.