Splaaash
It is a pleasure to head down the block to “Pebble Beach” with the youngest member of the family.
This visit was all about the word splash, exclaimed in a long drawn out sibilant way. Every time she threw a rock in the ocean, or we did.
I had a couple of old rolls of this film which I had purchased the last time I used my Spotmatics for work in 1994. I was not reimbursed for the film, so I kept the unused rolls.
When I loaded the camera I had forgotten that it was slide film, which I discovered when getting it processed.
What a pleasure to get back a roll of uncut slide film with all the rich colours.
Too bad it is so expensive or I would use it a lot. I am also pleased with how well the Olympus XA handled the exposures.
Having said all that, I like this shot in black and white too.
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Olympus XA, f2.8/35mm lens, 1.5 f-stop back-light lever engaged, Fujichrome Provia 400F, scanned with Epson V700, edited in Lightroom.
burnt embers 
One more vote for colour. It brings out the nuances of the pebbles so much more than does the black and white. As others have said, both are very worthy photos, however.
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Hi GGNB, thanks for the vote! The more I look at the colours and feel of this slide film, the more I want to keep on shooting it (and expense be damned).
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I have a preference for the B&W version too – B&W always handles slight over-exposure better than colour. But for the human interest – the colour wins easily. Such a simple very personal moment beautifully captured.
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Thanks Andy. It is very well exposed for the areas in shadow, which are the bits I was interested in. The background doesn’t really matter to me, but I do see what you and Ken mean. I have two more pictures from the same time, one with the backlight lever engaged and one without. I should put them up, in the interests of showing the camera’s capabilities if not what a lovely day and setting it was.
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I think I like the b&w version better! The sky looks more natural to me. A good shot either way.
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Thanks Ken. It was a toss up on this photo – ideally I would have a flash for a bit of infill as the sky was lovely that day (Actually I do have a flash for this camera, I just never carry it). However, I quite like the high-key aspects, and the exposure of the skin tones/main subjects worked well.
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I like the colour version – the bluish-purplish tinge makes me want to keep my eyes on it and explore the picture.
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Thanks Kiki – I love the colour of this film, more to come in the days or weeks ahead!
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