Nice. I especially liked the river and the architectural shots.
Chuck Norcutt
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> When Kodak announced the end of Kodachrome, I went to my film freezer
> to find 15 remaining rolls, 11 of which was KM25. This film has been
> frozen, thawed, and refrozen several times. Last summer when I turned
> off the electricity before evacuating our home during the flood, I
> forgot about my film freezer. Basically, the film sat in a defrosted
> refrigerator for a month. Fortunately, all the film was in ziplock
> bags within their plastic canisters. Still. This film doesn't owe me
> anything at this point.
>
> I decided, mostly in light of Dwayne's announcement about
> discontinuing processing after 2010, to shoot the Kodachrome until it
> is gone, concentrating on normal scenes around my home and environs.
> I am documenting places and things I pass everyday, or often, as a
> time capsule on film. Within that stricture, I am also trying to
> follow the best light to get the best results for this magic-hour
> film.
>
> To my eyes, the film looks no worse for the wear. I am pleased in
> that I think that I am the weak link in this project. Judge for
> yourself.
>
> For this first roll, I shot every frame with my OM-4 using fast Zuikos
> (28/2, 50/1.2, and 85/2) as all were handheld shots with KM25. A lot
> of f4 in the mix. Multispot metering for each frame and no
> bracketing. I metered very carefully with apparent success, if I may
> say so. The OM-4 is really made for shooting slide film economically!
>
> Scanning via Polaroid Sprintscan 4000. Vuescan software. I boosted
> color brightness for red and decreased it for blue to get color
> balance matching the film, plus a basic curves adjustment that seems
> to work well for all scans, so these settings have been saved as a
> profile (.ini file) in Vuescan. In Photoshop, the highlight-shadow
> tool has been invaluable, not so much to pull up shadows but to match
> the dynamic range of the film more closely, particularly important for
> the highlights.
>
> The scans are mostly full-frame renditions of the actual slide,
> without serious cropping or adjustments, but there are exceptions
> where, for example, persepctive adjustment at the moment of shooting
> may have left a large vacant area at the bottom of the frame, etc.
> Here and there I have done a bit of perspective correction in software
> as well, particularly if my in-camera correction was not quite
> perfect. Sharpening was done using two light passes to get the
> original scan into some kind of basic shape and once with a very light
> pass of the web image through Intellisharpen.
>
> Warning: Flickr link:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/99378213@N00/sets/72157621744074263/
>
> I suggest finding the "slideshow" link on the page to view these.
> Once the slideshow is underway, click "Options" to make certain
> "embiggen" is NOT clicked. Then you'll be able to see the film scans
> at the size intended (around 800 pixels on the long side).
>
> Kodachrome forever ... (sniff)
>
> Joel W.
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