My third color film Tests(1)!!!

[TareqPhoto]

I did shoot 3 rolls at once that day, and this time i scanned Fuji Velvia 100F to show as first one, i think i have the problem with the focus, next time i will try to shoot with tripod and see where is the problem of softness of my shots.

Here are the scans

1. Out of focus, just a reference for the film frame.


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What do you think?

I will post the 2 remain film in this third series later

[ctscanner]

Tareq,

Some observations on your gallery. Image #'s 7 and 8 could pretty much stand on their own merits, with a couple of minor caveats - #7 could have benefited from either a slight crop, or a differing angle of view, primarily to get rid of the little patch of sky (IMHO). I like #8, but it needs to be better aligned in your viewfinder before you push the button.s

#6 is OOF, or needs to be sharpened either in your scanning procedure, or in the image-editing program

The remainder of the images, while interesting, reflecting the architecture of area in which they were shot, would benefit greatly IMO from more attention being paid to verticals - or trying to insure they are straight up and down.

Just my thoughts,

George

[TareqPhoto]

Tareq,

Some observations on your gallery. Image #'s 7 and 8 could pretty much stand on their own merits, with a couple of minor caveats - #7 could have benefited from either a slight crop, or a differing angle of view, primarily to get rid of the little patch of sky (IMHO). I like #8, but it needs to be better aligned in your viewfinder before you push the button.s

#6 is OOF, or needs to be sharpened either in your scanning procedure, or in the image-editing program

The remainder of the images, while interesting, reflecting the architecture of area in which they were shot, would benefit greatly IMO from more attention being paid to verticals - or trying to insure they are straight up and down.

Just my thoughts,

George

Hey George,

Thank you very much for your comments and points.

I will tell you something, all of them i really don' like not for composition and not for sharpness [almost], the color is not bad and i am really impressed i could get the colors, it is my first time with film anyway so it is like an achievement that all the frame came out fine, all those shots were handheld and it was difficult for me to make all line straight in addition to manual focus, next time tripod will be there and i have a cable release, so i did shoot few rolls 2 days ago all with tripod so i will see the results when i will develop them, but i don't take those shots as my best at all, i just posted to see if the colors are fine or not, and i will see how i can make sure to have straight angles and corners on architectural shots.

[ctscanner]

Tareq,

Critiques can be a bit disconcerting, particularly if the person doing the critiquing is trying to be as helpful as possible by covering all the bases. I was trying to do this. This being the case here are a couple of thoughts I'll share;

1. You are the individual controlling the photo-taking process, so take your time to insure the image is just the way you want it in the viewfinder before you snap the shutter. Sometimes it can as simple as moving a step or two to either side to get the picture elements aligned just the way you want them. Or moving closer, or perhaps a couple of steps back to open up the images.

2. An out of focus image is a bit disconcerting unless you deliberately choosing to portray a subject in that manner. Otherwise, your viewer is going to wonder just why that it is not in focus. Obviously this excludes work shot with the 'Pinhole', Diana, or Holga cameras - where a certain amount of soft-focus is integral to the process.

[Worker 11811]

I'm with ctscanner. #7 and #8 are good.
Crop out that last bit of sky in #7 and straighten #8 and you'll have two good photos.

In virtually all the other cases, the color is good. The exposure could be tweaked in some but you might be able to compensate for that in printing or scanning.

I understand that these are practice shots. Overall, I like your vision and there were a couple of shots that could have made good photographs if you were paying attention. Yes, composition wasn't your main goal but I figure if you're going to shoot film you might as well make the effort to get a half-decent shot. Who knows? That one shot you just "snap off" might end up being a once in a lifetime image. Right?

[TSSPro]

Love the last image of the door!

[TareqPhoto]

THank you very much for the comments, in fact i am not worry at all about composition or exposure, i have doing great in digital and i won and have some work published, so i know what to do, but because this film was my first time, and manual focus is really a pain in...., also i was testing the film to see how is the color so i can choose my best film according to my personal test and experiment, also i was not sure if i can get the film roll frames fine or ruined or cooked, all these just to see if i did fine, i just did 2 color rolls and 4 B&W last week, i sent my 2 color films to the lab and i asked them to scan them and i will see how it will perform, and i will scan them again and see, could be my scan method, i do all that to see where are the mistakes, and yesterday i was watching my friend's works who is shooting film, he was using my Hasselblad camera beside his Leica, the shots from Hasselblad were amazing perfect color and sharp as razor, and he said those are all handheld, so now it is only me to see what's wrong with my shots above, they may be better color and sharper than what i posted above, when i look at my 2 slides i did, they look sharp and the colors are terrific but seems i scan them not giving fair.

I will go tonight to bring my 2 color films [slide] and the scans and see what i did, do you want me to post them so?

[liam.robillard]

Yeah, the door is gorgeous, like it!