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tiger
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I am just trying to get familiar with the forum and its possibilities for showing images etc. It is my first posting if you don´t count the introduction.
My first contribution will be an image of a very old bulldoser dumped by the coal company. Once it was hidden by the rocks but slowly the small river is uncovering this rusty beauty 
The picture is taken with the Fujifilm Fortia SP, a film that Fuji dont sell outside Japan (or Asia maybe). To bad, because it is a fun film. I have heard that it is specially made for photographing cherry trees in blossom.
It is a very saturated and contrasty film, and I have found the colors to be very unpredictable on snowy surfaces. The dirty snow in the background was even more magenta/violet than it is now, I have removed some the color cast to make it look more natural. The bulldoser is actually more neutral or "grey" in real life, but I like the way this film makes it real red-brown-rusty.
It is scanned on a Nikon Coolscan 9000 with a custom input profile, so this image looks much like the original except for the snow in the background.
Details: Toyo 45 CF, Apo Sironar N 135mm f5,6 @ f22. Som front tilt is applied. 6x9 rollfilm back. Fortia SP
Best regards,
Eirik Berger
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Just recently launched:
www.monochrome.no
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pachyderm
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| Great image Eirik; the colors are saturated, but not blown out. Of course, most films exhibit problems with snow of this type. This is what I call a great first post, and I'm glad you decided to share this image with us. Now, I have to think a bit about ordering some Fortia myself.
Robert M. Teague---------------------------------------------
Website: www.visionlandscapes.com
Blog: visionlandscapes.spaces.live.com
"Fujifilm remains true to its heritage and to the acknowledged superior image quality delivered by professional photographic film products." -- Fuji Press Release An old Hasidic story says we should wear a coat with two pockets in order to receive God's message. In one pocket, the message is: "You are nothing but one of billions of grains of sand in the universe." In the other, the message is: "I made the universe just for you."
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tiger
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Thanks Robert.
After years photographing in snowy conditions I have ended up with two films, if I want a neutral colored snow.
Fuji Astia 100F or Kodak Portra 160NC.
But of course, that is not always what you want. Glaciers with Velvia 50? 
Best regards,
Eirik Berger
Longyearbyen, Svalbard
Just recently launched:
www.monochrome.no
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