Fujichrome Velvia Wannabe by eudora

Fujichrome Velvia Wannabe

I don't know how I feel about this photo. It was shot with a compact digital camera, then processed in Nik Color Efex Pro 3.0, supposedly to look like Fujichrome Velvia film. So why didn't I just shoot it with film to begin with, other than the cost of film and processing? Then I'd have the real thing....
I don't thing it looks like Velvia at all.
September 23rd, 2012  
@peterdegraaff Well, I don't either. When I think of Velvia, I think of those great classic nature photographers, and this looks like a garish caricature. But I wasn't sure if it was my lack of skill or the program! I've been feeling very bland lately and have been playing around with processing....
September 24th, 2012  
@eudora This is Velvia 100F, which supposed to be as fine grained and saturated as the Velvia 50. Compare the colours. It is a camera that has a particularly bright lens. http://365project.org/peterdegraaff/365/2012-09-01
September 24th, 2012  
cool :)
September 24th, 2012  
@peterdegraaff Ah, so you used the real thing--Velvia film--and I just tried to fake it! You've convinced me--I'm getting out the film camera and will try the Velvia film I have stored in the refrigerator.... I mean, what am I saving it for?
September 24th, 2012  
@eudora This was also taken with Velvia but probably slightly underexposed http://365project.org/peterdegraaff/365/2012-04-04
Don't save it. Use it. I have been buying rolls of Expired Kodak lately which have been refrigerated. Am also becoming a big fan of Kodak E100VS. The colours are amazing. Some of the new generation films are better than digital
September 24th, 2012  
I never really used Fuji film that much because I didn't like the blue tones. So even though I'm not a film authority, I'd have to agree, it doesn't really look like Fuji film. I don't mind the red roof being so bright, but the sky looks really washed out and the grass is overly yellow. Sounds like you'd get a better result by just playing with the color.
September 24th, 2012  
cool, like the processing, it gives the image vibrant colours!
September 24th, 2012  
cool find, nice colours. looking forward to seeing "the real thing" lol. the things we keep in our frig that we don't eat ... ;-)
September 24th, 2012  
Lovely scene and processing.
September 24th, 2012  
Wonderful scene. Lovely decayed old building.
September 24th, 2012  
I love the vintage feel to this shot
September 24th, 2012  
Nice scenic shot!!
September 25th, 2012  
I like it. It's really vibrant to me...the colors just pop.
September 28th, 2012  
Well done Diane. I think in someways we have lost something in photography with the digital age
September 28th, 2012  
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