LomoChrome Test – Weed and Water
This post is the third in a series of tests of LomoChrome film. See the first post for more details on my methods in this test. Today’s post concentrates on nature around the edges, and over the middle, of Swan Lake. There was a copious covering of green algae on the lake which seemed like a good test for the LomoChrome.
This is a better subject for LomoChrome than yesterday’s wall art. Many of the greens take on a wonderful purple, and the blue light in the more shaded areas ends up as interesting greens. It is curious how the brighter reflections off the surface of the algae don’t have a strong shift to purple – there is something broader to learn from this about colour luminance and hue in such situations.
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I bought this film at Camera Traders in Victoria. Camera Traders do a lot of internet sales, so if you are having trouble finding this film, or any of the other unusual film they carry, then contact them to see if they might ship some film to your corner of the world. Might as well have a look at their used camera equipment too – there is always something nice in the film camera section.
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Yashica Electro 35GS, 45mm/f1.7 lens, LomoChrome, ISO400, scanned with Epson V700, edited in Lightroom 5 and Canon 5Dii, 50mm/f1.4 lens, RAW, ISO400, edited in Lightroom 5
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Having been involved with the manufacturing of color negative film and color printing paper, I realize that proper color balance at that stage is a very precise undertaking. There are so many things that can go wrong that it boggles the mind (my mind, anyway). Although it mimics the look of a color infrared film by depicting green tones as purple, the other colors are also affected as well. It’s not infrared (and it’s not a chrome) but it’s like Cracker Jacks, there’s a surprise in every box. I think the appeal of it is to be surprise with the final results, the challenge of finding the appropriate subjects for each emulsion batch and the thrill of getting unusual images. It looks like a fun (and expensive) challenge.
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Hi Ken. The Chrome thing is confusing isn’t it? Why break a convention like that?
I think you are right – being surprised with the final results is the most fun aspect. I think that with repeated use one would come to know what to expect (unless different emulsion batches are significantly different from each other). Once it is predictable, then maybe it would be less fun.
Either way it is expensive, though a lot cheaper than a good transparency film which runs close to $20/roll, with the E6 processing over $10 in this neck of the woods.
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you’re right it’s better than the murals, almost like infrared. thanks for sharing your shots. 😀
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Thanks Chris! The vibrancy lost with the murals is retained and sometimes enhanced with nature’s greens, and her other colours.
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Although the colours look nice and it has another world quality, I am finding it hard to think of a reason to shoot with such a film. Maybe if I was going to a party a roll could be dropped into my holga for the novelty value but apart from this pull a blank.
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I think a party might work. I think maybe some band shots of a young music group might be cool. And perhaps abstracts of some kinds. Pretty limited uses, but nice to know it exists.
I wish I had taken some shots of people, up close, as part of this test – it seems to work quite well for portraits as the skin tones are fairly well retained, and with not much work can probably be made quite natural if needed/wanted.
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