Lilserenity
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Hiya,
When I shoot colour, as a film user, I have always tended to shoot slides, lower grain, plus a certain level of colour saturation and density I guess. Now that I have started to do RA4 printing at home I have been playing again more with C41 films, in particular my old love Reala, and 160VC/400NC -- I love the Portra films, Reala is lovely, Ektar when I get some is fantastic and Superia 800/1600 are surprisingly good for 35mm colour neg.
Anyway, the real point of this was I am used to looking at photos from slides, with a limited dynamic range but this has suited me fine and will continue to do so (I still love Kodachrome, Provia, Elite Chrome/Elite Chrome Extra Colour and Velvia) but I haven't shot any colour neg, for landscape for some time. And it's refreshing to see a colour neg, just for the sheer detail that can be found especially in the shadows. This was a nice surprise below.
Not a great photo, it's an OK one but the detail had me quite enraptured for some reason. Colour neg is good fun!
Pevensey Castle, East Sussex, England View very large to see the shadow detail
Just wanted to share this, just for the surprise I get from looking at colour neg when I am so used to looking at colour slides! 😛
Vicky
When I shoot colour, as a film user, I have always tended to shoot slides, lower grain, plus a certain level of colour saturation and density I guess. Now that I have started to do RA4 printing at home I have been playing again more with C41 films, in particular my old love Reala, and 160VC/400NC -- I love the Portra films, Reala is lovely, Ektar when I get some is fantastic and Superia 800/1600 are surprisingly good for 35mm colour neg.
Anyway, the real point of this was I am used to looking at photos from slides, with a limited dynamic range but this has suited me fine and will continue to do so (I still love Kodachrome, Provia, Elite Chrome/Elite Chrome Extra Colour and Velvia) but I haven't shot any colour neg, for landscape for some time. And it's refreshing to see a colour neg, just for the sheer detail that can be found especially in the shadows. This was a nice surprise below.
Not a great photo, it's an OK one but the detail had me quite enraptured for some reason. Colour neg is good fun!
Pevensey Castle, East Sussex, England View very large to see the shadow detail
Just wanted to share this, just for the surprise I get from looking at colour neg when I am so used to looking at colour slides! 😛
Vicky
