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Subject: [OM] Re: 6/23 fragment of my day
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 22:38:41 -0500
At 12:47 PM 6/24/2005 -0700, you wrote:
>Joel,
>
>What a cool shot.  This is a classic example of "figure groups".

Thanks, my friend (pretending like I know what you mean by figure groups).

> > Technical detail:  E-1 saturation menu setting CM2, which
> > seems to accentuate green a bit.  The greens match Provia F
> > pretty well, I think, which is my preferred film in the
> > green country.  Out west, I'm not sure if I will like it so
> > much, as I prefer Velvia for rock and sky (for which CM1 may
> > be the ticket).
>
>Interesting. Each of us sees something slightly different in the
>saturation settings of the E-1.  I do feel that CM2, with -1
>contrast, and 5300 WB does seem to match ProviaF very closely.
>Going back to 0 contrast (or even +1 if you're feeling lucky)
>and a slightly warmer WB (6000 at most) gives a decent rendition
>of Velvia.
>
>CM1 (red emphasis) seems to work pretty well where rocks and
>dirt are present, but gives cows that radioactive look here in
>Iowa!
>
>AG

I think the difference between our feel for the settings is that you 
probably have experimented more than I have and actually have some idea 
what you're talking about.

I'm glad to hear about the radioactive cow look.  Precisely what I'm after, 
as that would be Velvia.  World's most accurate film.

Joel W.



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