Widefield Scorpion from the Nubian Desert

[danilo...@alice.it]

Hi all,

I propose a single shot on Ektachrome E200 (120) made in June 2007
with Mamyia RZ67 ob. 110mm f/2,8.
I made a new process by combining the
neutral colors.
Unfortunately the photo did rotating field, the HEQ5 tripod
during the exposure, is sunk in the sand!!!

http://www.danilopivato.com/tabulae_coeli/1730_s30/widefield.html
Best
regards,
Danilo Pivato

www.danilopivato.com

[Ray Butler]

Nice shot, Danilo, even despite the field rotation. Love those big old Mamiyas - I shoot the 645 and Press 6x9 myself, but have always been tempted by the 67s as well.

I use a free program called Xnview to view and make quick adjustments to images. It has a particularly good auto-levels function (CTRL + ALT + L) which rarely fails to sort out colour-cast and contrast issues or white-balance corrections. I tried this on your image in Xnview and I think it improved the colours - they're still neutral (which seemed to be your intent in your new process), but the blue-ish colour cast is gone and the background is more neutral.

BTW I really admire your web design and the meticulous record keeping which accompanies each of your photos!

Cheers,
Ray