Somber Light

Ben Loyal at Lochan Hakel, Caithness, Scotland

Just as we arrived, I parked myself here for a while since the rust colored grass against the somber gray sky caught my eye. The sky was heavy with clouds but in less than 30 min, the light started to break through. My previous image was taken almost an hour after this one on a Transient Light Workshop.

Pentax 67II
Pentax 67 55-100mm
Lee 1.5 Stop HE Gradient
Velvia 50

Multiple exposure scan on an Epson V750 using a Better Scanning adjustable holder with ANR glass and Silverfast Ai Studio 8 software. This is also the first time I used the built-in IT8 calibration in Studio 8 with a Velvia 50 target from Wolf Faust. My prior scanner calibration used a non-discript target and Monaco software. I rescanned some of my previous Velvia 50 images using the correct target calibration and found it makes a big difference in the effort required to get the color right compared to the transparency.

Thanks all for having a look. C&C always welcome and appreciated.