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| 01/04/2008 09:38 |
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Re: Where to develop film? (Four Images)
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Velvia does of course give very saturated colours; but do any of these show lurid colours or brutal sharpening? I don't think think so myself, but then we all have different tastes.
Lurid, brutal? IMO, no. I honestly think the train picture is too saturated but the high saturation really suits the winter landscape (though a monochrome conversion might be worth trying?) And, given that light, the seascape would have been hopelessly "flat" on Astia, even if the representation it gives would be more accurate.
I guess what it boils down to is that when film is loaded, especially colour transparency film, it needs to be matched to the subject and the light. Digital image capture frees the photographer from that restriction. Printing processes, wet, digital or hybrid, can of course foul up the photographer's intention ... if you want control then you have to wrest it from commercial processors.
I would agree with you on all points BJB. The point I was trying to make is that 'digital scanning does not neccessarily result in brutal sharpening or lurid colours' (although it may do if we are careless).
The train photograph is a bit over saturated, but that has everything to do with my choice of Velvia, and little to do with the digital scanning. The 'blood and custard' colour scheme (as described by Dorset Mike) probably adds to this impression. But I daresay the results would have been very similar had it been printed directly onto Cibachrome.