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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/25/2004
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Sourav: I do find that prccessing the color slides is a bit more tricky than color print film but as far as shooting I think you just get better results. My film scanner can handel either slides or negatives so really only the chemistry and proccessing technique are different. You should buy a roll of Pro color slide film and give it a try. The AGFA Ultra 100 may become hard to find. I heard AGFA has been bought out by another company. the Kodak Porta VC is a good high saturation film as well.
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Sourav Saha
{K:-63} 11/25/2004
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Pat,
Thanks so much for the reply. I completely agree with you. I guess I would not move to color slide film yet as I don't feel I have became mature enough to handle the intricacies of a color slide film. However, as you said, I can move to high end color negatives rather than using consumer grade film. I am attaching a photo of Himalayan Mountain range which I took long time back with a Kodak ProFoto 100. It seemed good to me but I never found that film again in the market. The photo was taken in Vivitar 3800N and a polarizer filter.
Regards,
Sourav
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/25/2004
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Sourav: Let me start by saying I love my Vivitar. Just the basics. I bought it because it came with a 28mm lens which is great for landscapes. AGFA Utra 100 is an Ultra saturated color print film. In some instances you get almost sureal color. I also use a Polorizing filter on most of my outdoors shots with the Vivitar. That helps out with keeping the blue skys blue. I have recently made the switch to color slide film because of the added contrast and color shades that can be captured by color slides. I recomend Fujichrome Provia 100 or 50 or AGFA RSX II. I have found when it comes to film you get what you pay for. I will never buy consumer grade film again. Use what the pro's use. My local photo store now keeps a private stock in the fridge in the back of the store.
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Sourav Saha
{K:-63} 11/24/2004
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Hi Pat,
I browsed through most of your photos ... mostly the landscape ones .... I also own a Vivitar 3800N and I am going to ask for a help from you regarding film selection ... the question may sound novice to you .... I generally use Kodak and Fuji color negatives to take my photographs .... but I did not ever got the color intensity that I wanted in my picture .... I saw that for most of your photographs you have used Agfa 100 .... is this one more color intensive than others or am I missing any basic part?
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Cheryl Ogle
{K:24494} 11/19/2004
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Wow - you should put together a book of the homes left - Longing for Yesterday...
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Marusnik Bela
{K:11611} 11/18/2004
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Beauty colour contrast, classical composition, perfect work!Congrats!
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Judi Liosatos
{K:34047} 11/18/2004
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Fantastic panorama style shot.
Judi
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/18/2004
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Sounds like good advice Kim, I'll try to work with that. As for the sky, I used a polorizing filter. I don't know if I mentioned it before but yu portfolio is quite impressive.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 11/18/2004
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Hi Pat!
From what I've heard of the rule of thirds, you should draw a tic-tac-toe board across your image, and where the lines intersect is where the main focus of your image should be... (although rules are meant to be broken)
Must be nice to be having such beautiful blue skies for autumn!
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/18/2004
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Thanks Dave! Your comments are always greatly appreciated and valued.
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/18/2004
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Kim, first off thank you for taking the time to review my work. Your comments are appreciated. This photo was taken a few few weeks ago so I don't remember what may have been to the left. I see what you meen and can't say I disagree but I do try to not balance my shots. Somewhere I read about the rule of thirds and took it to heart. It almost always the last thought before I press the shutter release. So I do try to weight the frame to one side or the other, It dosen't always have the desired effect but works out for the best most of the time.
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Dave Stacey
{K:150877} 11/18/2004
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Great prairie shot, Pat! Really shows the wide open spaces, and great sky!
Dave.
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Kim Culbert
{K:37070} 11/18/2004
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The colours have a really nice punch here... the green and blue work well for a calm prairie feel (although judging by your comment that it shared the same "fate" as the last I'm guessing that it didn't have a peaceful existence...)
I wonder if there was room to pan a little more left in this image... put the house a little more to the right. It feels just a bit too heavy on the left side for me, as the house is in the middle and the majority of the landscape (trees, weathervane) is on the left.
Reminds me a lot of Saskatchewan.
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Patrick Ziegler
{K:21797} 11/18/2004
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Thank you marcus.
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Marcus Armani
{K:36599} 11/18/2004
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very nice shot, the colors and detail are outstanding, Things are not looking to good for the house....
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