Was out in Big Bend National Park last month for a couple days camping in the Chisos Mtn's. I was resigning myself to shooting morning and late afternoon/evening light as I new the harsh desert sun would wash out the colors. However I knew due to my lack of time in my visit and having never been to Big Bend, I would want to shoot during the long daylight hours. So my solution was to shoot ektar100 in my old minolta srt201 as I knew ektar has great saturation in harsh light. I was not dissapointed. Here a few that I scanned on my lowly ep4690. I will post up the digital shots at a later time (when I get around to post processing).

leaning rock


road leading towards chisos mtns



santa elena canyon


another of the chisos


view from my tent


mule ears


who says film is dead

-Jon

These do have a nice dynamic range, spread across the whole gamut. User skill with the exposure probably had something to do with that too. I'd be curious to see a digital-film comparison side by side of shots taken at the same time.

I was viewing some of my 5dmkII files from santa elena canyon and I can tell you that the ektar shot captured more useable dynamic range. I had to blend multiple images to get a useable result. The sky was extremely bright and the canyon extremely dark in comparison. You wouldn't know it by looking at the above example. All of these were processed minimally.

Film is just different, especially shooting negatives. To me, the "feel" is different. Can't describe it but I can see it. I have used in the past those LR film simulation plugins and they just don't do actual film justice. I would like to get a few of these negs drum scanned one day to see what real detail I can get a 35mm negative.

I'm not pro one format or another as I shoot both. I just enjoy different mediums..

Nice work........film certainly has a "look" - a look one can (almost?) create in digital with a very judicious use of HDR.

Originally Posted by Earache Nice work........film certainly has a "look" - a look one can (almost?) create in digital with a very judicious use of HDR.

Thank you

Nice work, these cover a pretty large dynamic range and you seem to have covered it well. Nice comp

Originally Posted by Doug Solis Nice work, these cover a pretty large dynamic range and you seem to have covered it well. Nice comp

Thank you Doug.

I am working on the digital files and hope to post some up in the not so distant future. I found Big Bend a most beautiful and desolate place. I look forward to returning again and spending more time there.