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I thought Henry's original version was fine. I have a calibrated monitor, maybe it's different for others.

 

Edit: I didn't see A miller's edit, I guess his does seem more neutral. Good job, Adam.

Yes Gnuy, reflecting a little, the blue veil was slightly dominant that day, for me the slide was not damaged and remained intact. I will not change my white balance

Thanks All for your advices :)

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I felt the first one Henry posted was way too green, and yours Adam is better, but still has that green tinge.

Maybe it is simply age that has caused the slide to change?

Gary

Gary as I just said to Gnuy, the original is better and I'll not change the WB next time :)

Thanks for your comment Gary :)

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Henry - Please include me in the Kodachrome fan club, although I am trying hard not to cry too moocher spilt milk...

As for your photo, which is one of your best and very Ansel Adams-like, I very much like the natural look of the very first one you posted.  Having said this, the clouds have a green cast and I just don't know that I have ever seen this color of cast on clouds.  I have noticed plenty of blue in clouds, even reds and magentas, but never greens.  So all I was trying to do was get the green-red hues to balance.  I was recently in my neighborhood bookstore and picked up a book on Ansel Adam's portfolio of landscapes taken with Kodachrome.  After wiping up my drool on the book (which I nearly had to pay for it was so bad), I noticed very clearly the perfect WB in the photos.  The color palette was just so sublime.  In any case, my guess is that the negative may have taken up a cast due to age and that this cast showed up on the auto WB setting on your scanner.  Just a guess.  In any case, I wish that one day I am in such a majestic setting that I can take this type of photo.

Adam, this will teach me to change. Shame Kodachrome is stopped

I bought twenty Kodachrome rolls before Kodak stops production.

I have used all  and sent to Dwanes lab in Kansas in 2009

So the slides scanned are recent... and have no veil :)

Thanks Adam for your precious advice.

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Hello Gary,

 

Unlike certain other slide/transparency technologies: Kodachromes, from the earliest versions in the 1930's, have had colors that are less prone to fading than many other slide/transparency materials. Kodak said they were stable for at least 100 years.

 

Not that long ago I looked at a large number of 11" X 14"  Kodachrome transparencies done in the 1940's. They looked like they were taken today. Grain was like it is on a 24mm X 36mm Kodachrome slide. The rich, clear colors were slightly different. They were NOT faded.

 

Henry,

 

I prefer the colors in your original Post.

 

Also:

 

I think the retirement of Kodachrome came because of a combination of its being a relatively low volume, more complex (expensive) technology. This was coupled with Kodachrome having more of an ecological downside when compared to the more universal E6 process films.

 

All of the above does not stop you & me from considering Kodachrome our favorite slide/transparency film.

 

Best Regards,

 

Michael

As said Michael , the process of Kodachrome called K-14 is long and exacting

 

An extract from Kodachrome Wiki :

 

"The first step in the process was the removal of the antihalation backing with an alkaline solution and wash.

The film was then developed using a developer containing phenidone and htdroquinone, which formed three superimposed negative images, one for each primary color.

 

After the first developer was washed out, the film underwent re-exposure and redevelopment.

 

Re-exposure fogged the silver halides that were not developed in the first developer. A color developer then developed the fogged image, and its exhaustion products reacted with a color coupler to form a dye in the color complementary to the layer's sensitivity.

 

The red-sensitive layer was re-exposed through the base of the film with red light, then redeveloped forming cyan dye.

The blue-sensitive layer was re-exposed through the emulsion side of the film with blue light, then redeveloped forming yellow dye.

The green-sensitive layer was redeveloped with a developer that chemically fogged it and formed magenta dye.

 

After color development, the metallic silver was converted to silver halide using a bleach solution.

The film was then fixed , making these silver halides soluble and leaving only the final dye image.

The final steps were to wash the film to remove residual "

 

Nice work that deserves its price and I'm ready to pay more if it is the quality :)

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Henry

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For all of you , another Kodachrome picture :)

WB not adjusted.

 

I love this thread  with all interveners who are so kind forming a nice family spirit
Thanks to all of you :)

 

... in 3D feeling

 

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This slide is developed by Dwaynes lab (Kansas) in 2009.

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Italian Alpes

 

the points on snow lower left are climbers :)
Photo taken on a hike at 3500 m

 

Kodachrome 64 (no WB adjusted)

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Adam == Love that shot of Sinatra! Color! More!

 

Here is another from our photo journey to the East River --

 

 

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Taking a very slight hint from Adam's superb historical images, I was tempted to look at some of my older slides.  :0  This one is an example of the colonial architecture in Kuala Lumpur, taken in 1967 with my (then) Canon FT on AgfaChrome.  IIRC, the building is the main Post Office!

 

 

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Taking a very slight hint from Adam's superb historical images, I was tempted to look at some of my older slides.  :0  This one is an example of the colonial architecture in Kuala Lumpur, taken in 1967 with my (then) Canon FT on AgfaChrome.  IIRC, the building is the main Post Office!

 

Love this Keith. Can't imagine queuing up for a stamp !

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...now back to Kodak TX400

as you see I am a fan of Kodak color like b&w  :)

 

 

and also back to La Clusaz , a nice and small winter-summer resort

taken in early morning  :)

church with its characteristic roof of the area

 

 

MP-28 Summicron Asph

TX400 (dev home lfotech)

 

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Taking a very slight hint from Adam's superb historical images, I was tempted to look at some of my older slides.  :0  This one is an example of the colonial architecture in Kuala Lumpur, taken in 1967 with my (then) Canon FT on AgfaChrome.  IIRC, the building is the main Post Office!

This is really fantastic; I was born in KL and we emigrated in 1968. So this is really nostalgic for me. I too love the old cars. 

By the way, the building still looks the same – or at least did till 2013 when I last visited.  

Thank you, Keith (M).

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some nature picture :)

 

Fuji Provia 100 prof.

M7-90 MacroElmar with Macroadapter

Tripod

 

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Kodak Portra 400

M7-90 Apo Summicron 90 Asph

Tripod

 

Red blood :)

 

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Taking a cue from the church roof characteristic of the area, here's a photo of l'église a Mieussy, Haute-Savoie, France.

 

Being not so careful with camera-film-lens information, all I can confirm is that it's not a digital photograph.

 

 

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