Thanks for the comments. I've shot a fair amount of Portra NC 160 on
people but not so much 400. I can't ever recall seeing so little
contrast or saturation. On the other hand, the histograms from the
scans perfectly fitted the total curve between min and max. They were
fairly easy to adjust once I figured out what I had to do. I need to do
some experiments with B&W to see if I can salvage something that way.
Chuck Norcutt
Sue Pearce wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> Nice shots. Best was the enforced choice of film. Had you gone with a higher
> saturation film, it would have been accompanied with more contrast, and the
> highlights would have been big blanks. NC is my favorite.
>
> Bill Pearce
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> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2009 1:29 PM
> Subject: [OM] Swamp walk at the Big Cypress Gallery
>
>
>> Here's some actual OM film images... the first I've taken in a very long
>> time. This is my walk through the cypress swamp behind Clyde Butcher's
>> Big Cypress Gallery on Feb. 15. OM-1 with 28/2.8 for all (Only
>> waterproof cameras are recommended so this was the only equipment I had
>> with me that I was willing to carry into the swamp).
>>
>> Also, the film was the only ISO 400 film I had available, Kodak Portra
>> NC. Not known for high saturation I was nevertheless underwhelmed by
>> the low saturation on the scans. The film was developed and 2MP scans
>> put to CD by Wal-Mart which has always been fine the few times I've done
>> it in the past. I don't know if it was the processing, the normal low
>> saturation of Portra NC or the fact that it was several years out of
>> date... although always stored in a freezer. Anyhow, it took more than
>> the usual amount of adjustments in ACR to introduce some (now maybe too
>> much) color. Although there's nothing like Moostification yet, not even
>> LCE.
>>
>> These are just mid-afternoon hurried snapshots enforced by the
>> conditions of the walk with a group of people carrying walking staffs
>> and trying to avoid tripping over hidden roots and logs and who weren't
>> happy with me if I stopped too long. I'm not sure there's anything here
>> worthy of scanning for real. But it does contain one of Nathan's
>> senoritas. I'll bet he didn't know she leads swamp tours on the side.
>> Only her backside is shown to protect her identity. :-) Clyde is shown
>> in the last shot posing beside the "real" image of the one whose smaller
>> brother I purchased and had him autograph that day. It's clear I also
>> needed a 49mm polarizer.
>>
>> <http://www.chucknorcutt.com/Swamp_Walk/>
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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