Some more Laguna Seca images, courtesy of Mike Veglia of Motorsport Visions Photography
11-11-2002, 07:00 PM
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i believe he uses minolta and polaroid film scanners
the really saturated pics are scans from pics taken with provia f 100 slide film i think and the duller looking ones where from digital.
btw, thanks for the referral to roberts...the 70-200L f/2.8 IS is awesome.
btw, thanks for the referral to roberts...the 70-200L f/2.8 IS is awesome.
11-12-2002, 08:52 AM
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I miss the S2 Coupe...
<a href="http://camo.flage.net/vag/view_photo.php?set_albumName=albuo40&id=S2">My friend's S2</a>.
It died when an old German guy turned onto the B-road in Germany. We were doing the speed limit, 120kmh and he pulled out aboue 50 yards in front of us...it was him, a head on with a tanker, or a ditch, we chose him. The car was simply amazing.
It died when an old German guy turned onto the B-road in Germany. We were doing the speed limit, 120kmh and he pulled out aboue 50 yards in front of us...it was him, a head on with a tanker, or a ditch, we chose him. The car was simply amazing.
11-14-2002, 12:24 PM
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Re: Flatbed scanned or neg scanned, right? Contrast and shadow detail
Let's not hold back now or anything Mike ;-)
It is true. I use an older Minolta slide scanner I have had for a while now for the batch scanning after events, simply because I can scan at a rate of 30, or so, images per hour with it. I do have a Polaroid SS4000 plus, but it is reserved strictly for print sales, publication, and occasionaly really difficult to scan slides for web use. Some of images are just way too contrasty for the limited dynamic range of the old scanner. That is why I got a new one. Problem is, the new one is too slow for the web gallery pages.
Film is Provia F. No polarizer. As I think funadelic will attest, all you have to do is ask and I am very happy to discuss motorsports photograhy as I know it and answer questions. I make no claims as to my ability--I am my own worst critic and strive to learn more every day. That said, I must be doing something right because clients and print customers all see very happy and many do come back.
The shots of Jyoteen's yellow S4 Avant are stunning slides. Some of which you may see scanned with the good scanner in January when the Winter Quattro Quarterly publishes, or perhaps if someone wants to purchase a print.
The flatter images are from the digital camera. As I posted in the motorsports forum when I first put the digital images up, the digital shots from Laguna Seca are *everything* I shot on the digital with zero post processing--hey, I was in a hurry to hightail it out of town to cover a CART race 400 miles from home, what can I say. They would normally get some post processing image adjustment prior to printing also.
It is true. I use an older Minolta slide scanner I have had for a while now for the batch scanning after events, simply because I can scan at a rate of 30, or so, images per hour with it. I do have a Polaroid SS4000 plus, but it is reserved strictly for print sales, publication, and occasionaly really difficult to scan slides for web use. Some of images are just way too contrasty for the limited dynamic range of the old scanner. That is why I got a new one. Problem is, the new one is too slow for the web gallery pages.
Film is Provia F. No polarizer. As I think funadelic will attest, all you have to do is ask and I am very happy to discuss motorsports photograhy as I know it and answer questions. I make no claims as to my ability--I am my own worst critic and strive to learn more every day. That said, I must be doing something right because clients and print customers all see very happy and many do come back.
The shots of Jyoteen's yellow S4 Avant are stunning slides. Some of which you may see scanned with the good scanner in January when the Winter Quattro Quarterly publishes, or perhaps if someone wants to purchase a print.
The flatter images are from the digital camera. As I posted in the motorsports forum when I first put the digital images up, the digital shots from Laguna Seca are *everything* I shot on the digital with zero post processing--hey, I was in a hurry to hightail it out of town to cover a CART race 400 miles from home, what can I say. They would normally get some post processing image adjustment prior to printing also.
11-14-2002, 01:37 PM
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Out of curiosity, do you use any type of Color Management software?
I have just been scanning my own slides from Laguna Seca (I used Fuji Velvia - yeah, I know real slow film for fast subjects) using a Nikon CoolScan 4000 ED. I have found that most flavors of ICC RGB profiles tend towards extreme saturation, so I typically shut color management off and correct any imbalances in Adobe Photoshop.
11-14-2002, 03:41 PM
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Re: Out of curiosity, do you any type of Color Management software?
<center><img src="http://www.motorsportvisions.com/ca500_02/images/ca500_76.jpg"></center><p>Hi Alan, Not really, and I should be. One of the things is I do all my scanning and image prep on a Mac and often times what looked great on the Mac monitor looks like crap on a PC. I do use the input profile for the Polarid SS4000+ and don't normally use an output profile other than the default in Photoshop. However, as I mentioned above, the web gallery pages are scanned with my old Minolta slide scanner simply for sake of speed.
Nothing wrong with slow film for fast cars. Actually, I went from panning slow cars at the ACCNA driver's school on 10/30 and 10/31 to panning fast cars on 11/2 and 11/3 like the ones in this shot. 235MPH is flying. Velvia is great film, but is super-saturated as you're well aware I gather. I shoot Provia F 100 at rates ISO almost always. Not that much faster.
A new monitor and a good color management scheme in my workflow is definately on the "to do" list. However, I doubt the result of that effort would show anywhere except published work and prints. Most of my clients still want slides and do their own drum scans anyway.
Nothing wrong with slow film for fast cars. Actually, I went from panning slow cars at the ACCNA driver's school on 10/30 and 10/31 to panning fast cars on 11/2 and 11/3 like the ones in this shot. 235MPH is flying. Velvia is great film, but is super-saturated as you're well aware I gather. I shoot Provia F 100 at rates ISO almost always. Not that much faster.
A new monitor and a good color management scheme in my workflow is definately on the "to do" list. However, I doubt the result of that effort would show anywhere except published work and prints. Most of my clients still want slides and do their own drum scans anyway.
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