DSLRUsers.com

I have been shooting a bit of film recently and at the AW meet I managed to fire off a few portraits of some of the attendees. These were taken with Kodak Ektar 100 with my FM2N and AI Nikkor 135mm f/2.8 (thanks Geoff M. I love this lens) and then scanned with an Epson V700. Colours have been adjusted using CS2 and OnOne PhotoTune, before being resized using OnOne Genuine Fractals.

I dont have a calibrated monitor so any tips about colour will be greatly appreciated. Portraits are not a strong point for me so please help me out as much as you can.

Lovely bokeh and nice photos.

I wasn't there and so have no knowledge of the lighting. But the skin tones appear a bit on the red side - particularly the first image.

My monitor is calibrated.

the foto fanatic wrote:Lovely bokeh and nice photos.

I wasn't there and so have no knowledge of the lighting. But the skin tones appear a bit on the red side - particularly the first image.

My monitor is calibrated.

Thanks Trevor. I was having problems with the film scans coming off with a blue/blue-green cast, I always seem to get this regardless if I do it myself on the V700 at work or I get them done at Vision Image Labs (Frontier system) regardless of film type. I really do need to get this screen calibrated.

Man I've dusted off my old film SLR and am dying to get out with my 50/1.8, and these images aren't helping haha.

The tiny pieces of the hats missing in #2 and #3 are the only thing irking me.
I noticed the skin tones here too just to let u know.

eric_r wrote:Man I've dusted off my old film SLR and am dying to get out with my 50/1.8, and these images aren't helping haha.

The tiny pieces of the hats missing in #2 and #3 are the only thing irking me.
I noticed the skin tones here too just to let u know.

Eric...get out there and shoot some film!!! I should have gotten off my arse to compose these so I didnt lose the hat edges

Thanks for confirming I suck at adjusting skin tones....I had a lot of trouble with it

aim54x wrote:I really do need to get this screen calibrated.

You are welcome to borrow my spyder to see whether a basics calibration can help your problem.

These are pretty nice candids.

I can see the greenish thing on my laptop which is not perfectly calibrated.

Next attempt I would suggest to show the connection between people. I reckon candids become stronger that way. I would be eagerly watching for any ideas by MattK.

Ektar

sounds like somethign I took on saturday night

nonetheless, this stuff works nicely in these portraits, the lens combo also just rocks, the bokeh in the foreground and background of MattK is to die for!

The reddish skin tone on MattK is a bit on the heavy side, I can vouch for that since I was sitting right next to him!