I really like the slightly muted colour palette, particularly the view down the alleyway. You mention a green cast and there is, perhaps, a little more emphasis in places, but essentially only where there is green already in the subject. You've done splendid job with it. I love image no7 seemingly looking up from the depths at the surreal 'green fishes' and the arboreal 'other world' above.
I really like these. That first one is like a painting and the others remind me of shooting Agfa Vista 400. We'd buy it and use it for a cool cinematic look. The APX 400 bnw was a nice inexpensive film that we could push. I can't believe how expensive one roll is now. We'd get it for $2.99/roll.
Yeah it went up fast as many of us felt forced to go digital in business. I took my film cameras on every job with a digital kit, (while reluctantly learning) until I couldn't afford the film (and/or clients didn't have the budget). I was never about charging a fortune like many photographers during that crossover time and sometimes I wish I would have remained all film and carved a niche - There was a big push to embrace digital and I was one of the last holdouts but didn't have enough of that special clientele and my work began to help my family. I used a lot of Kodak Portra, Fuji press, Ilford Delta and Kodak Tri-x. The one thing that saved my heart was the original Canon 5D. It had the most natural sensor to this day. I still have one.
While I have shot oodles and oodles of film (because I'm older), I don't shoot it now, BUT I love seeing what others create with it.
It's funny to me that someone's special LR "look" is a signature part of their work but when it's film, the film itself gets to determine the look...and that's perfectly fine.
Maybe I'm too simplistic about this but I love seeing all different nuances of digital and film, color and BW, expired or not.
It's like appreciating paintings - not for the colors of paint used but for the results on canvas.
i appreciate the comment. as i said before many times: for me digital is colour, film is b&w. now, i don't mind a colour film now and again and especially experimenting but i wouldn't mess with colour on digital. yes, applying different "filters" on lr can be creative but that is not for me. i rather shoot a strange coloured film (see my post about kono! films) than to "mix" colours in lr or photoshop
I think the film did remarkably well for being expired. I do see what you mean about the green cast though, but I think it works for your forest images. They almost look like technicolor.
hmm, technicolor - good point, great comparison. to me that forest is the magic place, so the film "destroyed" it a bit with the green cast. it's not the end of the world tho 😊
Having not shot with expired film before, I appreciate that you showed us how it performed in different settings and lighting conditions. The first image is quite lovely.
I love these. And I always appreciate your posts about the films you’ve tried, very helpful. Green is my favorite color, so i will keep an eye out if i find this film in the future.
Really nice series. Cinematic seems to mean different things to different folks. Lower contrast, a colour shift (warmer or cooler) and some halation are what spring to my mind. The colour cast reminds me a bit of 'Perutz' slide film. I think it was a sort of budget brand from Agfa back in the 1970s. I liked it after dark but the rolls I shot in daylight always had a green-ish colour cast that I struggled with.
thank you! never tried that film so i can't say anything about it. looking at the first photo, does it looks cinematic? to me, yes. the ones in the forest? not too much. but then, we have the usual: for how long the film was expired, where it was kept, etc
From memory, I think Perutz was a film that you had to send off to be processed. I haven't looked but I don't imagine there'll be any kicking around. If there is, I'll be leaving it where it is...!
The photos are beautiful nonetheless.
thank you!
I really like the slightly muted colour palette, particularly the view down the alleyway. You mention a green cast and there is, perhaps, a little more emphasis in places, but essentially only where there is green already in the subject. You've done splendid job with it. I love image no7 seemingly looking up from the depths at the surreal 'green fishes' and the arboreal 'other world' above.
thank you! i love reflections, found them very expressive and also can be interpreted in many ways
I really like these. That first one is like a painting and the others remind me of shooting Agfa Vista 400. We'd buy it and use it for a cool cinematic look. The APX 400 bnw was a nice inexpensive film that we could push. I can't believe how expensive one roll is now. We'd get it for $2.99/roll.
thank you! in b&w i prefer hp5 and lately the xp2, the time for cheap roll of films is gone unfortunately
Yeah it went up fast as many of us felt forced to go digital in business. I took my film cameras on every job with a digital kit, (while reluctantly learning) until I couldn't afford the film (and/or clients didn't have the budget). I was never about charging a fortune like many photographers during that crossover time and sometimes I wish I would have remained all film and carved a niche - There was a big push to embrace digital and I was one of the last holdouts but didn't have enough of that special clientele and my work began to help my family. I used a lot of Kodak Portra, Fuji press, Ilford Delta and Kodak Tri-x. The one thing that saved my heart was the original Canon 5D. It had the most natural sensor to this day. I still have one.
I kinda like the color cast. It takes me into a fairy tale land.
that is a good point, valid like any other 😊
I like the images and the tonal range of the photographs, but the greenish tinge is a little annoying.
thank you, that's my feel too
Such lovely images! I love the first one especially. So dreamy!
i love that one too, that corner of the city always deliver
While I have shot oodles and oodles of film (because I'm older), I don't shoot it now, BUT I love seeing what others create with it.
It's funny to me that someone's special LR "look" is a signature part of their work but when it's film, the film itself gets to determine the look...and that's perfectly fine.
Maybe I'm too simplistic about this but I love seeing all different nuances of digital and film, color and BW, expired or not.
It's like appreciating paintings - not for the colors of paint used but for the results on canvas.
i appreciate the comment. as i said before many times: for me digital is colour, film is b&w. now, i don't mind a colour film now and again and especially experimenting but i wouldn't mess with colour on digital. yes, applying different "filters" on lr can be creative but that is not for me. i rather shoot a strange coloured film (see my post about kono! films) than to "mix" colours in lr or photoshop
I think the film did remarkably well for being expired. I do see what you mean about the green cast though, but I think it works for your forest images. They almost look like technicolor.
hmm, technicolor - good point, great comparison. to me that forest is the magic place, so the film "destroyed" it a bit with the green cast. it's not the end of the world tho 😊
Agree with you Alicia. I wonder what replicating these with expired B&W would look like as well.
The church and the reflection are magnificent, green cast or not!
thank you!
Ignoring the obvious issues with the film, the photos are gorgeous. Especially the first one, the church and the last two. Really good.
Great experiment! I think the photos have some character to them.
thank you!
I think the photos are lovely, green cast or not!
thank you!
Great series of photos, time to break out the Lynx. Yes some green but a little magenta and you're good to go.
thank you!
Having not shot with expired film before, I appreciate that you showed us how it performed in different settings and lighting conditions. The first image is quite lovely.
thank you!
I love these. And I always appreciate your posts about the films you’ve tried, very helpful. Green is my favorite color, so i will keep an eye out if i find this film in the future.
and i appreciate you reading. i think the green colour cast is because film was expired but i cannot be 100% sure
Really nice series. Cinematic seems to mean different things to different folks. Lower contrast, a colour shift (warmer or cooler) and some halation are what spring to my mind. The colour cast reminds me a bit of 'Perutz' slide film. I think it was a sort of budget brand from Agfa back in the 1970s. I liked it after dark but the rolls I shot in daylight always had a green-ish colour cast that I struggled with.
thank you! never tried that film so i can't say anything about it. looking at the first photo, does it looks cinematic? to me, yes. the ones in the forest? not too much. but then, we have the usual: for how long the film was expired, where it was kept, etc
From memory, I think Perutz was a film that you had to send off to be processed. I haven't looked but I don't imagine there'll be any kicking around. If there is, I'll be leaving it where it is...!