The thrift (or sea pinks) in the foreground of this image were long past their best but in the light of the setting sun they seemed to glow with a renewed radiance. The old, disused lighthouse on the neighbouring island of St Agnes provided a nice feature of interest in the distance. I used a 3 stop soft ND grad to balance the exposure between foreground and background and an 81B warm-up filter to remove colour casts from the film. Condensation struck once again and there is noticeable bloom in the background.
Martin, thanks very much for your positive comments, they're much appreciated. It's a shame you've stopped using MF, your 20D's a nice camera for general photography but isn't ideal for landscapes due to its lack of resolution and the difficulty of replicating the effects of Velvia. I have my films processed by a lab that I am very confident with. They do an excellent and consistent job. I then scan them using my Nikon LS9000ED scanner which gives me scans up to 100 megapixels with detail all the way and very little grain when using Velvia. I can also have wonderful Cibachrome prints made which are something to behold, last for one hundred years or more and look like nothing achievable with digital. I still have a Fuji S2 Pro but only really use it for astrophotography these days.
I can see why you prefer the MF to Digital my friend. Although my Bronica 645 wouldn't have as much detail as your 6x7, it might prove better than my Canon 20D. What do you think.
Thank you for sharing all the information, because that's the way we learn from each other... Do you process your own film, or have a pro lab do it? Also, do you scan your own negs, or have a lab put it on CD...
I just started to get serious about photography 1 year ago and started to buy a bunch of film equipment, then went digital...
Exceptional, Barry. You've got the detail, colour and exposure, spot on. Wonderful 'all focus' at f22. Interesting 'about', which I can learn from, thank you.
I've never seen a photo, of this lesser, known island group.
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