Fuji Chrome

[sweetgrass]

Came across these images from the late 90's that I created using Fuji Chrome Velvia 100 with my old Minolta X-700, and decided to scan them and do some basic processing in Camera RAW and Topaz to clean up some of the noise. I was pleased with the results even though they're not as crisp as some of the digital landscapes.

All comments welcomed.

Bloody Basin

Mogollon Rim

 

[AlanLichty]

I love the shot of the thunderstorm over Bloody Basin. When I was a teenager we use to go up into that area to hunt javelina. Never did get one but saw plenty of shredded prickly pear cacti which is one of their favorite munchies.

The cyan/blue in the Mogollon Rim shot seems a bit overwhelming. That's a pretty wide dynamic range for film scans although there are some new masking tools in ACR that might help with taming the spread a bit.

 

[sweetgrass]

We spent a lot of time in the Bloody Basin area when we lived in Phx, and we had seen a lot of wildlife when there. Saw a mountain lion and a Gila Monster there but never saw any Javelinas however I am sure they're quite abundant.

I struggle with certain colors, as I usually see them different than the majority of the human race. LOL And why I am drawn to B&W photography, but I will see what I can do to tone it down. Thank you for the advice!

 

[BlackRockArt]

Came across these images from the late 90's that I created using Fuji Chrome Velvia 100 with my old Minolta X-700, and decided to scan them and do some basic processing in Camera RAW and Topaz to clean up some of the noise. I was pleased with the results even though they're not as crisp as some of the digital landscapes.

All comments welcomed.

Bloody Basin

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Mogollon Rim

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I love the first shot, Velvia 100 is my favorite film; I also have the full set up of X-700 with hang grip, flashguns, digitalbacks etc,. what an era,

Oliver

 

[sweetgrass]

I love the first shot, Velvia 100 is my favorite film; I also have the full set up of X-700 with hang grip, flashguns, digitalbacks etc,. what an era,

Oliver

Yeah it became my favorite as well, but thats awesome you still have your X-700 gear! My ex got mine and I never saw it again. LOL

 

[Jeffrey]

Not sure what's going on with the second one, but the first one is a beauty.

 

[sweetgrass]

Not sure what's going on with the second one, but the first one is a beauty.

The sky is off right?

Different working with scanned film as opposed to digital images.

 

[JimFox]

Hey Sonny,

These are some cool finds!

I have to say when I go back and look at much of my old film work, it immediately hits me how soft a lot of it is, and not tack sharp like we are used to now. That's probably the result of my not being able to afford really good lenses back in the day, but I think in general our standards seem to have improved since then.

#1 of course is a hit! Love that color!

I actually like #2. Before reading anything, because of the cyan of the sky and the blown out clouds and the ground layer having a bit of a cyan cast to it, I took this as an attempt at kind of a funky art deco look. That may not have been your attempt, but I think in cases where the lack of DR can hurt an older image, just go with the flow and turn it more into a graphic art type of feel, almost abstract if you will?

So I am not sure if that was your intent for #2, but I will be the odd one that actually likes what this looks like. Oh... something else it kind of reminds me of is some of the old digital comic book art, where it was just in 8 bit colors.

 

[sweetgrass]

Hey Sonny,

These are some cool finds!

I have to say when I go back and look at much of my old film work, it immediately hits me how soft a lot of it is, and not tack sharp like we are used to now. That's probably the result of my not being able to afford really good lenses back in the day, but I think in general our standards seem to have improved since then.

#1 of course is a hit! Love that color!

I actually like #2. Before reading anything, because of the cyan of the sky and the blown out clouds and the ground layer having a bit of a cyan cast to it, I took this as an attempt at kind of a funky art deco look. That may not have been your attempt, but I think in cases where the lack of DR can hurt an older image, just go with the flow and turn it more into a graphic art type of feel, almost abstract if you will?

So I am not sure if that was your intent for #2, but I will be the odd one that actually likes what this looks like. Oh... something else it kind of reminds me of is some of the old digital comic book art, where it was just in 8 bit colors.

Thanks for your input Jim, it's really good feedback, and yes our standards have gotten higher since then. I do like tack sharp images, like the ones Jefferey produces with his Fuji camera. But I also like the softer look of film, and with the 2nd image, it looked like a painting to me and just really liked it. But I struggle with color sometimes, I'm not entirely colorblind, just color shifted. But I had my wife look at the image and she said the sky looked kind of weird. LOL Anyway I was drawn to it and attempted some digital processing to it.

But seriously thanks for everyone's comments, this is why I really like this forum.