Hi folks,
Need a bit of your advice here.
Problem #1
I shot 2 rolls of Velvia 50 (non-expired) recently on my FM2.
This is straight up exposure. Nothing tricky here.
Even for slightly trickier conditions, the entire shot—highlights and shadows—seems underexposed.
Another image for reference. Something is wrong with this shot, although I can't put a finger to it.
Granted some I've exposed wrongly, but if you look at my contact sheet, the shots generally seem underexposed.
At first I thought it could be my camera needs fixing or I really don't know how to expose, but judging by the picture below, I'm drawn to think otherwise.
This is a 60min f2.8 exposure on a moonless cloudless night. I have trees in the left third of the image. I took this picture in a Tioman resort. I have very little light pollution, but still I should have some trees. Instead, now it's like I shot in absolute pitch darkness.
What do you think went wrong?
Problem #2
Is it normal to have such intense contrast? Considering Problem #1, it looks like it's pulled. You might notice noise where the tree meets the sky but I think scanning in 16 base should resolve that.
Need a bit of your advice here.
Problem #1
I shot 2 rolls of Velvia 50 (non-expired) recently on my FM2.
This is straight up exposure. Nothing tricky here.
Even for slightly trickier conditions, the entire shot—highlights and shadows—seems underexposed.
Another image for reference. Something is wrong with this shot, although I can't put a finger to it.
Granted some I've exposed wrongly, but if you look at my contact sheet, the shots generally seem underexposed.
At first I thought it could be my camera needs fixing or I really don't know how to expose, but judging by the picture below, I'm drawn to think otherwise.
This is a 60min f2.8 exposure on a moonless cloudless night. I have trees in the left third of the image. I took this picture in a Tioman resort. I have very little light pollution, but still I should have some trees. Instead, now it's like I shot in absolute pitch darkness.
What do you think went wrong?
Problem #2
Is it normal to have such intense contrast? Considering Problem #1, it looks like it's pulled. You might notice noise where the tree meets the sky but I think scanning in 16 base should resolve that.
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