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Circadian X  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55  Fuji Natura

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21 hours ago, stray cat said:

A few posts ago, in post #64859  in fact, I presented this photo

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of the camel guy at the pyramids in Giza. This was from a scan I'd done back in 2014. Looking at it again, I thought I could do a lot better with the colors and so forth now, so I spent quarter of an hour tracking down the transparency today, then rescanned and processed it the way I thought it should look. People may or may not agree, but to my eyes this looks fresher, more vibrant and much closer to how I remember the scene. It's also a lot closer to the look of the Kodachrome original. I guess the moral of the story is, even a photograph on film from decades ago can be brought back and freshened up:

Giza, Egypt 1987

This is extremely interesting, Phil.  I love how you have freshened up the vibrance and the popping colors and contrast really work for me.  I am, though, torn to pieces over the colors in the sky and sand.  To me, the sky in the first is balanced toward magenta whereas the sky in the second is more in perfect balance.  BUUUT, the sand in the first is, to me, in perfect color balance whereas in the second it is balanced toward ever so slightly toward magenta.  If you didn't make this direct comparison I probably wouldn't have picked up on any of this.  But given that you have gone the length of making it, I thought I would share my reaction.  Having said all of this, both showcase the sublime qualities of Kodachrome brilliantly!

19 hours ago, adan said:

1) economy with wide 120 film, and 2) very fine grain. Plus 3) I've been using the stuff for 45 years and am used to it. (Nevertheless, as presented in some of my earlier posts here, I had to re-tune my processing (and exposure techniques) a bit to handle the contrasty(er) Sekor lenses.)

Rodinal was also high on my list, but just a tad too grainy for what I wanted.

I think I can say I have the tonal range with TMax 400 now nicely controlled, as evidence of which...

Milepost 260 - Where The Mountains Meet The Plains (Golden, Colorado) - triptych (my usual squares just couldn't do the subject justice).

Mamiya 6, 150mm Sekor G times three

 

excellent, Adan 👌

7 hours ago, mdp said:

More mist..

M2 Ultron 35/2 Delta 100 in DDX

 

 

Really love this.   Bravo!!

6 hours ago, oldwino said:

Vinous.

 

Leica I / Schneider 35/2.8 LTM / Kentmere 400 / Xtol

Very well seen !

5 hours ago, paulmac said:

From my project "Living Like This"  - Bradford, West Yorkshire, UK

Camera:- Leica M2     Summicron 50mm Rigid.

Film:- Kodak TRI-X   D76 1+1

 

Love it, Paul.  SO much culture captured in this shot.

3 hours ago, nefarious said:

Portrait of my old Dad on the same roll of Tri-X 400...

 

Taken with the usual Hasselblad 503cx with Zeiss Planar 80mm CF f/2.8

Fantastic expression - priceless!

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Interruptions  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 & M-A APO 50  Fuji Natura

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7 hours ago, Gelatino said:

About the sun  direction I can guess, but what about the wind?

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2 minutes ago, Ernest said:

Interruptions  Nikon F2 Micro-Nikkor 55 & M-A APO 50  Fuji Natura

 

very interesting, Rog.  Love the color and texture.

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7 minutes ago, A miller said:

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very interesting, Rog.  Love the color and texture.

It's the Fuji Natura grain and total toxicity! You think there was some cross-pollination of the Fuji and ADOX minds? Maybe Seurat slipped into the think tank because it's sliding seriously toward Impressionist pointillism, straight from the can. And whoever painted the building those colors paid for it with tennies.

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1 hour ago, A miller said:

This is extremely interesting, Phil.  I love how you have freshened up the vibrance and the popping colors and contrast really work for me.  I am, though, torn to pieces over the colors in the sky and sand.  To me, the sky in the first is balanced toward magenta whereas the sky in the second is more in perfect balance.  BUUUT, the sand in the first is, to me, in perfect color balance whereas in the second it is balanced toward ever so slightly toward magenta.  If you didn't make this direct comparison I probably wouldn't have picked up on any of this.  But given that you have gone the length of making it, I thought I would share my reaction.  Having said all of this, both showcase the sublime qualities of Kodachrome brilliantly!

 

Having thought about what you and David have said, Adam, I have revisited this slide once again. You are both right - there was way too much magenta in the second picture. I have reworked it again and think I have addressed the primary concern with it. Now, looking at the kodachrome original and this third attempt, the colors are far more in alignment. I'll have to live with it a while, though, to make sure it stands the test of time. Thank you both, though - it has become an interesting observational lesson to me.

 

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Fall in Central Park Yashicamat 124G Ektar 100

 

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Little more Central Park in the Fall -- (Couple getting married is Ektachrome, rest are Kodak Pro 100 -- not a fan)

 

 

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here come the Kodak Pro 100

 

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Shot before used a 90mm summicron ... next is 50mm summilux 

 

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