>.....Velvia may give some images that little boost that makes them appear >closer to our memory of >the scene.
Probably why most (if not all) of the current nationally known outdoor photographers shot Velvia for years before switching to Velvia. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: A few more images.... >I agree with you on this Pal. As I've stated many times, photos generally > don't live up to the real thing, and Velvia may give some images that > little > boost that makes them appear closer to our memory of the scene. > > Tom C. > > > From: Pål Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >>Subject: Re: A few more images.... >>Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:17:37 +0200 >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>I still have a hard time believing that this stuff actually >>displaced Kodachrome as the saturated slide film of choice. Kodachrome >>may have been highly saturated but it still had some relationship to the >>colors of nature. >> >> >>REPLY: >> >>I took a test as a reaction to this myth about ten years ago. I shot the >>same scene (forest interior in overcast mid day light) with Kodachrome 64 >>and Velvia. Two weeks later I went back under similar light and compared >>the >>slides with reality. Guess what? The Kodachrome was truly way off from >>reality. It was completely unable to render the color green in anyway >>resembling reality: it was greyish and total flat. Kodachrome blues is >>also >>way off with a grey tint. Velvia was closer to reality being able to >>render >>the vibrancy of the greens. It is saturated but not by much compared to >>reality.... >> >> >>Pål -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
