Comparison of an image from the Maldon workshop

[Joanna Carter]

Here is one of the pictures that I took on the workshop:



… from almost the same location as this one from Steve Hammett (Thingy)



I was really quite concerned with the overall colouration and "feel" of my version and was wondering how you (Steve) "changed" the tonality of the sky? Maybe it's just the film used, or did you use a different ND grad?

Now I've seen your version alongside mine, I'm not sure which one I like better; yours seems to have better control over exposure in the sky, but, if I remember correctly, mine reflects the bright but hazy nature of the day.

Without hurting either Steve's or my feelings, what do others think?

[Charles Twist]

Different day = different amount of haze pinging light around the sky?
Different film stock?
Different exposure: JC's seems brighter overall, especially in the top half.
Charles

[Andrew Plume]

Well Steve's image is certainly 'colour wise' different, there does look as though there may have been a 'grad' used but I'm sure that her will post and let us know

Joanna - can you let me know the precise location, please?

thx

andrew

[IanG]

Choice of film, exposure and development, how they are scanned and calibration, how you then adjust, mean it's impossible to tell. Thingy's version is possibly a slightly denser transparency.

Saying the same as Charles really, but if the scan's a match for the film it's a half stop or so over exposed, but then even the Aegean which is a Turquoise blue isn't as bright a blue as the sea in Thingy's image

Ian

[Thingy]

Hi Joanna

I used Velvia 50 and a Lee .6 hard grad, as I wanted to capture the shadow detail in the shadow cast of the boats without loosing that lovely blue sky. I think the fact that it came out as well it did was a fluke*. It was the first time I had ever used Velvia 50 and the first time I had use a grad!

Steve

*I knew the 45SU had magical properties!

[Trail Images]

Not sure about the total varying factors here and also not taking a hard line either way, however, I prefer the darker scene overall. I find I use my grads on almost ever shot that includes the sky. I use V-50 and find that my exposure for a good flatbed scanning image loses a lot of sky color and tone without a grad of some degree. I've found that if I sacrifice the sky too much the lost or blown out highlights are worse to deal with over the darker shadow areas on my scans.