Last film 2004

[SidW]

2004? Nostalgia? I bought a digital camera in 2004 and, like everyone else, I thought that that EOS camera's too good to be beaten by a digital, I'll be using it for years to come .... I finally took the film out last month and had it developped (Kodachrome). Pictures from August 2004, orchids in a meadow and hand blown crystal glass.

First a broad-leave helleborine (Epipactis helleborine):


Then three from a one-man glass studio (making a crystal vase):






Finally, one from the Orrefors glassworks (making a crystal wine glass, same methods but larger scale):



EOS 33, Kodachrome 200. EF 100mm/2.8 macro (orchid) and EF 28-90mm (the rest).

There was a heavy blue cast and loss of red. I have the preceding film (developped in August 2004) and will compare colours.

[PeterW]

I like the pictures from the glasssworks, Sid. You've caught these craftsmen concentrating hard on the skilled job they're doing and seemingly oblivious of the camera.

The colour shift towards blue that you mention could be because of the long time between exposure and development. Kodachrome usually keeps very well unexposed if its kept at a low temperature, but like most colour slide emulsions there can be a colour shift if its kept for a long time after exposure at a moderate to warm temperature.

Whatever the reason, you have corrected the colours very well. Well done!

PeterW

[scott]

I would love to see the whole glass and crystal-making process.

The scenes inside the glass works brings to mind one of my favorite Swedish films-- Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life as a Dog). Ever seen that one? I must have seen it 3-4 times!

Is Orrefors in Småland? Do you know if that movie was made in Småland?

[SidW]

Thanks Peter. I see now that the first and third picture are still blueish, the second is probably about right of those three. I think the men might be putting a blob of molten glass to the rim of the wine glass so it can be transferred to a second blowpipe, exposing the stem so that a foot can be attached. Then the rim and bottom will be finished up by the grinders.

By the way, I suspect that when people suggest that digital sensors will never capture the colour obtained by film, they are overlooking the need for postprocessing, and they are probably comparing with pictures that are not fully colour corrected and lack sufficient saturation. If anyone handed in their colour negs or slides for enlarging, they would never see the amount of filtering that was done so they could enjoy the prints that came back.

Scott, the part where the boy is away from home is set in Småland, and was presumably filmed there to get the atmosphere right.