Film

**Jane Milliman gardener@rochester.rr.com>**

Hi Doreen. I majored in photography in college, but never "learned" color,
so when I started the magazine I needed advice on color slides. I asked Ken
Druse and he said shoot Fujichrome Velvia (ASA 50) at 40 (this is a 1/3 stop
difference). When I have it processed I make a note that I have shot the
film at 40 and the lab compensates. The slides turn out beautifully. This
works well in most instances, but not when the light begins to fade in the
afternoon. Hope that's somewhat helpful, from one amateur/pro to another.
Jane
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    Jane Milliman <gardener@rochester.rr.com>
    Publisher
    Upstate Gardeners' Journal
    3200 East Ave., Caledonia, NY 14423
    phone: 585/538-4980
    fax: 585/538-9521


> From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <topica.com@spamfodder.com>
> Reply-To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 19:25:19 -0500
> To: gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org
> Cc: Wd4adams@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [GWL] Urgent--Important Symposium Information
> 
>> Photographers on this list--please weigh in and suggest film, lenses and
>> cameras that can produce decent slides, please.
> 
> Hi Doreen,
> 
>  Personally, I'm a big fan of Fuji films.  For slides I generally try
>  to use Velvia (ISO 50).  You can push Velvia to ISO 100 without
>  any problems (just make sure you develop it as 100 speed!), and
>  I often do this on overcast days when I can't get enough depth
>  of field.
> 
>  If it's really dark (i.e. raining) and I need to do some macro
>  photography, I usually end up using Provia 100F pushed a stop to
>  ISO 200.  This lets me get in with a macro lens to take close-ups
>  but still gives me the depth of field that I need.
> 
>  The Provia film has an exceptionally fine grain.  Velvia also has
>  a very fine grain, but awesome color saturation as well.
> 
>  As far as lenses, I usually take three types with me (sample shots
>  in the footnotes):
> 
>     . a 60mm macro lens for close-up work (f/2.8) [1]
>     . a 28-105 zoom lens for wide angle or habit shots (f/3.5-4.5)
>       (I rarely use this for zooming due to the aperture size) [2]
>     . an 80-200 zoom lens for flowers high in the air, out of
>       reach/past the boundaries of a path, or of people/animals
>       (f/2.8) [3]
> 
>  I use a Nikon N90s camera for my work and use Nikkor lenses
>  exclusively.
> 
>  I hope this helped, at least a little...
> 
> Chris (who hopes to get out to Heronswood some time)
> 
> [1] http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/newcamera/cleviln40.jpg
> [2] http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/newcamera/storm-soybeans.jpg
>   http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/pin/abima71
> [3] http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/newcamera/laura.jpg
>   http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/sc/flamingo00.jpg
>   http://www.hort.net/gallery/view/fag/queal41
> 
> I believe that these were all shot with Velvia with the exception of
> Abies magnifica (Ektrachrome 200 -- don't use it) and Quercus alba
> (Provia 100F pushed one stop).
> 
> http://www.hort.net/gallery/      2857 online plant photos and growing!
> http://www.hort.net/gallery/date/2002-06-30/       The latest additions
> 
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