[Leica] Scanning Velvia film

[datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff)]

As I remember Guatemala from 22 years ago, the color saturation was already
in the country! We adopted our daughter from an orphanage in Antigua and
also spent a day around Lake Atitlan. Tina's photo reminds me of the
village, Solola, above the lake, with all the colors of clothing, fresh
fruit, and a jungle-like greens in the trees.

As for Velvia, it is my North Coast film to bring out all the subtle shades
of green in the fog and mist.  I shoot it in the Hasselblad and hope to head
a few miles north soon where the Rhododendrons are starting to bloom in the
Redwoods. This rhodie shot was with Velvia and the 35mm Summicron a few
years ago:
http://northcoastphotos.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=47&products_id=91

The slide was scanned with an Imacon Flextight Photo, and I've printed and
sold many 16x20 Cibachromes of it before shutting down my color chemistry
darkroom.

Gary T

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.org
> [mailto:lug-bounces+datamaster=northcoastphotos.com@leica-users.or
> g]On Behalf Of Tina Manley
> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:41 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Scanning Velvia film
>
>
> At 12:37 PM 3/24/2006, you wrote:
> >Tina... were the colors really that saturated in person?  Especially the
> >blues and purples?
>
> Yes, Guatemala is really colorful.
>
>
> >What altitude was this at?  High up or at roughly sea level?
>
> High altitude.  Above 5000 feet.
>
>
> >I am trying to understand the saturation... was it the film?
> the scanning?
> >the altitude?  Not asking for answers, just understanding....
>
> The film is Velvia, known for it's saturation.  I did desaturate by
> -10 for the web jpeg, believe or not!
>
> Tina
>
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