Mamiya M645 Pro with Fuji Velvia 50 positive film. 80mm f1.9 lens.
This was taken on a photo trip to Zekreet with some friends from work. Many thanks to Paul for taking us there and Kaushal for lending me his rickety plastic tripod when I tore mine apart.
Out of curiosity I had Tim Parkin drum scan this strip of medium format film on his drum scanner at the same 4000dpi that I had scanned it on my Coolscan 9000ED. There are some technical advantages to the drum scanner but it is astounding how close the Coolscan comes.
What I notice in this drum scans are the more open shadows (I actually had to darken them back down in post processing to keep the feel that I want for this picture) and the rich and accurate colour reproduction. It is really very very close, however.
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Doha Sam 11 months ago | reply
Just popping in again to say thank you so much to everyone who has had something nice to say about the photo or faved it or invited it to a group. Thanks and God bless!
Jesse L. simplerevolution 11 months ago | reply
Gorgeous capture, excellent work!
MyLavie 10 months ago | reply
Magnifique !
Adriana 2012 10 months ago | reply
Fantastic light and silhouette!