This picture reminds me of those movies that tell stories about bad things happening in some remote, ugly, treeless and colorless place. you look afar, yet, you see nothing, and that doesn’t abode well.
Well, the slides come back as negatives, so I just scan them as negatives. Pretty simple. Of course, the V500 kills a lot of the contrast, so you have to account for that in post-processing.
Hmm.. I scan my xpro-ed slides at the shop (fuji frontier minilab machine) but when I scan them as negatives, the colour is totally different from the lab scans! The only way to get the same output is to scan them as positives, and invert the colours in photoshop, but the result is still a flat, low-contrast image which needs some correction, which also means I need a lab scan to match the colours too.. =(
The machine must be overcompensating with color correction. There should be some way to turn off the auto settings. That’s what they do at the lab; they’ve scanned enough x-proed film to know what they need to scan for.
As I said before, the scanner I use KILLS contrast, which means I have to fix that later.
Thanks for commenting on my work. I’m very impressed and humbled by your use of film. very inspiring.
April 12, 2009 at 1:10 AM
Thank you. I’m glad you stopped by.
April 12, 2009 at 1:38 AM
This picture reminds me of those movies that tell stories about bad things happening in some remote, ugly, treeless and colorless place. you look afar, yet, you see nothing, and that doesn’t abode well.
Like a thriller movie.
April 13, 2009 at 3:25 PM
I like the result of this(image) being cross-processed. A sea full of blood – a vampire’s favorite! =)
April 13, 2009 at 8:31 PM
C.A. – I never thought of it that way, but I do see what you mean. Thanks.
Metal – Yes, this particular film reacts pretty wildly to being cross-processed. I kind of like the results.
April 14, 2009 at 2:00 AM
oh wow I love this. great composition and color.
April 15, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Thank you. Glad you stopped by.
April 15, 2009 at 11:16 PM
Very nice! How do you scan your x-pro slides with the v500? Care to share?
May 12, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Well, the slides come back as negatives, so I just scan them as negatives. Pretty simple. Of course, the V500 kills a lot of the contrast, so you have to account for that in post-processing.
May 13, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Hmm.. I scan my xpro-ed slides at the shop (fuji frontier minilab machine) but when I scan them as negatives, the colour is totally different from the lab scans! The only way to get the same output is to scan them as positives, and invert the colours in photoshop, but the result is still a flat, low-contrast image which needs some correction, which also means I need a lab scan to match the colours too.. =(
May 15, 2009 at 8:16 PM
The machine must be overcompensating with color correction. There should be some way to turn off the auto settings. That’s what they do at the lab; they’ve scanned enough x-proed film to know what they need to scan for.
As I said before, the scanner I use KILLS contrast, which means I have to fix that later.
May 15, 2009 at 8:31 PM