tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post3529191412568806775..comments2024-03-14T20:55:21.709+09:00Comments on Janne In Osaka: VelviaJan Morenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-59891723859233430852012-03-21T01:46:06.196+09:002012-03-21T01:46:06.196+09:00Well, after some thinking I got a pack of elitechr...Well, after some thinking I got a pack of elitechrome on the web. Let's shoot again!<br /><br />Last saturday morning I went through my small slide archive, nostalgia hit.<br /><br />My desire for film shooting returned after I lost a folder full of files. I don't know why, but archiving and lasting is a little obsession of mine.<br />Not to dismiss digital, but backing up, losing files... stuff that happens on PCs, rather bores me and drives me crazy. A price to pay for the convenience, it seems.<br /><br />About HDR, if it well done (subtle) it's quite acceptable, but the usual kind of eyebleeders just hurt. <br />Talking of dynamic range, slide hasn't got much but it seems very elegant. Have some blown out parts of eg. Kodachrome (wild film) and it sofly goes to white.<br /><br />As of scanning, it's sadly the only way of printing nowadays. I will remain curious for what is Ilfochrome. I believe more tamed films will be easier to scan than Velvia. <br />Well, it gets the essence of the slide. A MF+ tranny must be marvelous to look at.<br /><br />You can tell I had my philosophy class today, heh. So much ramblings.Georgenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-71047684215477880842012-03-12T13:20:29.054+09:002012-03-12T13:20:29.054+09:00I did make that image as satire (along with this o...I did make that image as satire (along with <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/3547589249/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>). I'm not about to do this kind of stuff seriously.<br /><br />But I have gotten a disturbing amount of comments asking, in all seriousness, how to achieve such wonderful results. Oh well.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-29823756782892552962012-03-12T13:14:08.199+09:002012-03-12T13:14:08.199+09:00actually I kinda like that one ;-) it crosses over...actually I kinda like that one ;-) it crosses over into the surreal, becomes more satirical than painful.. <br /><br />the most popular image on my weblog is a <a href="http://dkretzmann.blogspot.com/2008/12/var-gajshost-https-document.html" rel="nofollow">drawing</a> by my son.. so much for ego..Doug Khttp://dkretzmann.blogspot.com/2008/12/var-gajshost-https-document.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-54275657779674129222012-03-09T11:47:55.639+09:002012-03-09T11:47:55.639+09:00Doug, yes, that one is pretty bad. That said, I ha...Doug, yes, that one is pretty bad. That said, I have dabbled in that genre myself, just for fun:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/3590203705/<br /><br />I think it tells us something about the current visual zeitgeist that this is by far the most viewed of my pictures from this area, and one of my top 20 images by views in total.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-16225417032015382412012-03-09T08:00:56.429+09:002012-03-09T08:00:56.429+09:00it-hurts-so-bad-I-must-claw-my-eyes-out
thought ...it-hurts-so-bad-I-must-claw-my-eyes-out <br /><br />thought you were exaggerating, until following that link.. instant migraine, wow-ow-ow. <br /><br />I have some thousand of slides, mostly Kodachrome with some Velvia, from a tour of the USA over the year 1992, which need looking at: remember some of them as worth keeping. As you say a good slide picture can be inimitably luminous.Doug Khttp://dkretzmann.blogspot.com/2007/10/pretty-colours.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-50064015290260867062012-03-09T07:28:41.794+09:002012-03-09T07:28:41.794+09:00Yes, the most depressing thing is medium format sl...Yes, the most depressing thing is medium format slides: you look at them on the light table and realize you can never, ever make them look nearly as good when you scan or print. Some day I would like to do 8x10 slide film photography, and not repro them at all, but simply mount them in frames with backlights.<br /><br />Actually, here in Japan slide development is cheaper than negative, so shooting slides ends up about the same price. Ektar is a good film, by the way; all you need to do is make sure you don't underexpose it. It can go a bit bluish if you do - nothing bad but noticeable.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5455782214242472677.post-92209869301417389812012-03-09T03:49:53.898+09:002012-03-09T03:49:53.898+09:00Slide film, oh yes! Surely digital has trampled mo...Slide film, oh yes! Surely digital has trampled most of it's usefulness but, backlit slides (I use sun reflected on a paper) or projected is a wonder. And there's a thing I love about slide film... the colours, that red (specially in kodachrome) is so brutal.<br /><br />I got in time just to catch the glimpse of Kodachrome and shot a bit of it. I'm of the last that can say they learned on this film. It was the first ever kind of slide I shot! <br />I took 8 months of very careful and selective shooting + the risk of being new to it; that was October 09 to June '10.<br /><br />I want to buy a new stash of some color and don't know whether to go ektar and risk (they say it's a temperamental film) or try to catch some of the last consumer slide films. (I'm a poor student and bit of a cheapskate, heh) You might remember me saying I would try some, still haven't! I've shot TriX meanwhile, though.<br /><br />Being very busy studying can't find time anyways. Wasn't really shocked about the discontinuation of Ektachrome, the situation being bad for Kodak; sadly.Georgenoreply@blogger.com