04728 Kristina & friend 1974 - a photo on Flickriver

04728 Kristina & friend 1974

            Today's offering: 5 subjects, 5 decades, 5 film emulsions. I've always liked the spontaneous or candid "slice of life" view of people, rather than formal portraits. So, without a studio setup, I have had to make do with whatever film was in my camera at the time (a problem that has largely been eliminated with the rise of digital).

The second shot in this set is from the Seventies, on Agfachrome, ISO 50. Its tones were excessively warm, with a coarse and very evident grain pattern - we used to laughingly call it the Tri-X of slide film. For gritty-looking documentary style work, it could produce interesting results. All my Agfachromes have faded badly over the years, and most have shifted to magenta, so salvaging them is an ongoing challenge, with time running out.

I had to do major colour correction after making this scan; desaturating helped a little. Compositionally, I've always wished the background were a little cleaner, but I love the moment, so I have resisted altering the image. Camera: Pentax Spotmatic, with 105 mm f/2.8 lens.

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Taken on: August 1, 1974

Tags:

young woman

horse

brave

bold

beautiful

candid

Seventies

Agfachrome « less

Sets appears in: • Best 1970-1979 • Not Explored more » • All of Us • Horses!!! « less

Camera: Minolta DSE 54005400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Minolta DSE 54005400
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS4 Macintosh
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