At 1/17/2022 03:37 PM, Mike wrote:
><<Ektar 100, any experience?
>
>Yes, one of my favorites. I shot a bunch of rolls while traveling, but alas
>have not done so since the before times. It is beautiful for landscapes and
>not too bad for skin tones --sometimes. If not evenly lit, the skin of
>Caucasians gets a bit ruddy
>and I have trouble in PP rendering the skin tones just right. The film does
>not tolerate underexposure well as the shadows get muddy and very very hard to
>scan. AG made heroic scanning efforts to save some of my shots. The colors
>seem to go a bit pastel if overexposed. It is very fine grained when well
>exposed.
>The shadows can get blue and sometimes go nuclear in that regard but easily
>tamed after scanning. I found that pulling down the blue channel midway in
>curves just a tad (mostly in shadows) is fa decent methodology to tame this. .
> Others "fix" this in other ways. I don't Totally ablate it as it is an Ektar
>signature. I am not usually a fan of hard profiling and totally ablating the
>spectral characteristics of the film. I think AG would prefer to scan Porta
>400 which has nicer skin tones but still good colors.
>
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Bhutan-Bangkok-2017/i-MvBs6Cq/A
>
>
>A place we stayed in France near Boussac: I don't know why I didn't
>straighten it fully.
>
>https://www.olyendomike.com/Other/Dordogne-Pays-Basque-2015/i-jNQgsLw/A
>
>Looking forward to more film shooting these days, Mike
Thanks for the analysis/advice. I like the shot in France.
It has been a while for me and film, almost 20 years. Memories are a funny
thing, especially the emotions they may bring up. Looking at your own photos
versus someone else's especially. Your photo in France tickles the imagination.
WayneS
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