{"id":30126,"date":"2020-11-03T09:55:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-03T14:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=30126"},"modified":"2020-11-03T07:09:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-03T12:09:28","slug":"contrasty-kodachrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/contrasty-kodachrome\/","title":{"rendered":"Contrasty Kodachrome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Often I consider my Kodachrome slides among my finest photographs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By not always. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the mid-1990s, Kodachrome went through an unsettled phase and the film didn’t perform as well as it had in the late 1980s early 1990s. The reasons for these changes may be a discussion for another day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On April 11, 1997, I joined photographers Mike Gardner and George Pitarys on a productive chase of New England Central’s southward freight, number 608.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Willimantic, Connecticut, I made this photo along the river by some old thread mills (some since demolished).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April light can be challenging. Harsh contrast combined with a yellowish tint from air pollution makes for a raw ‘brassy’ quality that Kodachrome didn’t reproduce well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scaled scan, otherwise unadjusted for color, contrast, sharpness etc.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I scanned this slide a little while ago and then imported the TIFF file into Adobe Lightroom, which I used to soften the contrast, lighten the shadows and correct the harsh color rendition. See adjusted version below<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It isn’t perfect, but then again the lighting on the day wasn’t ideal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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