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Pond's Edge

At Camp Nelson in Jessamine County, KY. An abstract as gray storm clouds rolled in. Without Fuji Velvia's color boost, this would have turned out pretty flat. You could mimic it in digital, but you would wind up blowing out some colors and adding a lot of unnecessary color cast in everything else. This is one example of why I haven't given up film. Another is the large size of 120 film. This scan is a 245 MB TIFF file. When you zoom into the original, you see film grain before pixels. You have to zoom another 4 or 5 times in to start seeing pixels. This could easily print at 16 x 20 and you still wouldn't see pixels close up. Admittedly, it is more work to shoot and scan film, but I find myself slowing down to compose resulting in less "throw aways" and more "keepers" per roll. Plus, I don't have to keep up with the latest sensor. Don't get me wrong, I shoot and love digital, but I will always pick up a film camera when it really matters.

(Bronica ETRS, Fujifilm Velvia 50)

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