(More photos after the break)
I've been dreading scanning these photos. From the outset I assumed scanning color transparency film would be a big pain in the ass, since I rely heavily on Negative Lab Pro for scanning negatives and don't have much Lightroom experience apart outside of the plugin. It turns out, I was right!
The results I ended up with do look good, but looking at the film itself I can tell I'm losing a ton of color detail in the shadows and highlights. Most of the browns in tree trunks lost their oranges and look much duller than the physical slides. I shot these on an overcast day, but even so the small amount of blue in the sky looks washed out after scanning. The greens are pretty but don't match what I see. Using the "Adobe Landscape" profile in Lightroom restored the greens a bit (i don't have any fancy third party LUTs i apologize).
I tried reshooting the roll with a lowered amount of light and more attention on the exposures to try to capture more of the dynamic range. While this kind of worked, I prefer the original scans. The reshoot just turned out too dull due to the reduced backlighting.
The next roll I shoot, I think I'll have the lab scan it first to see the results they get. I'd also like to try exposure bracketing and compositing the results in Photoshop to see where I end up. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures regardless of my struggles.







This one is out of focus but the base of the tree looks like an ape stretching its arms out. Kino.


