Scary stuff, this, Smith has a go at (digital) colour!
Well, as I got further on with my pix of the old luggers at Newlyn I thought I would have a go at colour rather than my usual black and white. The first couple of attempts were pretty dreadful – normally when I shoot colour I would use film, Kodak Portra for choice – but I ditched them and here are two that I am fairly happy with. Over to you chaps for C & C. You know far more about colour than I do, so any thoughts are welcome.
Tech stuff – these are Hasselblad 3FR 39MP files, processed in Lightroom 3.5. The camera was a Hass SWC with the Zeiss 38mm Biogon. I did a fair bit of burning and dodging and so on, just as I would in B/W. My colour workflow is pretty good, now, the prints on Harman Gloss FB Al off an Epson 2400 are very close to what I am seeing on my monitor. Took a while to get there, though!
Let me know what you think, as ever.
John
