Some photos from our Norfolk Broads visit. These are the 3 rolls of colour i randomly decided to buy from Asda on the way there. I'm glad I did, it turns out that open marsh land does not contain huge tonal range or funky shadows. I'm quite pleased with a lot of them, far more so than I expected. I'll pop a note on a pleasant darktable experience in the next post.
All the colour grading on these is *entirely* in #darktable's negadoctor (other than white balancing off my scanning light). Dmax and Dmin set off the leader, used the corrections tab highlight colour off the leader. I then found a good shadow on an actual photo for shadow colour correction. This settings were used on an entire roll. Then I just used the print exposure and contrast gamma. I'm *very* pleased with the results...
There are a lot of boat pictures coming, you've been warned!
This includes my first proper holiday snap using a 1970s camera self timer
On to the Gold. I want to try RA4 printing one from each roll to see hoe close this grading is to what I'd get there.
This dog wanted to play. So much so that he decided to put a stick on the boat right by my feet. Genius mive as I literally had to throw it!
...and then the UltraMax400
...and that's all folks! Zero regrets on the colour. It has also reasserted my opinion that most colour negative films are basically the same. I know Gold is beautiful RA4 printed. The one roll of Ektar I've used previously was punchier, and printed exceptionally well, but not 3x the cost better. I'll keep the ektar for half frame, and stick to gold in future.
@tmcfarlane So Gold vs Ultramax basically a choice on the ISO you need?
(I do love these photos. Something about the very pale colours suits my nearly 70-year-old memory of the Broads down to a T!)
Tristan Colgate-McFarlane
ChrisR