In article <1111297423.997629.281090.RemoveThis@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
daryl1138.RemoveThis@yahoo.com writes:
>
> I took some photos last summer of a view in a forest that didn't come
> out as expected. It was sunny but the trees were quite thick. I was
> using a 1.8 50mm lens on an Elan 7 with fuji film. Speed was about 125
> but I don't recall the stop. A seen composed almost entirely of
> brilliant greenleaves and mosses with browns came back quite lack
> luster and almost (color) washed out. Would this likely be technique,
> film or just poor kodak processing?
It's almost certainly poor processing. The color you see in color prints
is partly a result of color rendition in the negative and partly a result
of filtering in the photofinishing equipment (or of digital processing in
the latest equipment). Scenes with a limited range of colors, as you
describe, seem to be particularly tricky for automated digital equipment
to handle.
If it's practical, I'd say to send it back to the photofinisher and insist
on reprints done right. Alternatively, you could try taking the negatives
to a local pro lab. Either way, show them the originals and describe what
you want; they should be able to produce something better. Another option
is to scan the negatives yourself; that'll at least confirm that the
colors in the negatives are OK. Of course, this assumes you've got a film
scanner, which I suspect you don't, or you'd have tried it already.
Scanner software can also be confused by these sorts of scenes, for the
same reason that automated photofinishing equipment can be. Of course,
with a little experience, you can override those settings yourself.
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