This isn't intended to tout either Fuji or the various Velvias, though they were the films used in these particular images because that's what I felt the shooting called for. I would argue otherwise for images such as these, where the smooth textures of the water & mud ripples of the first, and the smooth clear water & reflections of the second would be diminished by a matrix of grain. Someone recently stated that the graininess of current Kodachrome 64 "doesn't matter". In both pictures, the almost non-existent grain of these modern films contribute to the qualities of the images. But I probably wouldn't have, even given the choice. In this case, were Kodachrome 25, with its lovely saturation and sharpness, still available, I might have considered using it. In this case, the morning had a somewhat cooler feel to it, so I was shooting with Velvia 100 (not F), which paints a far more accurate, if still very saturated, picture.
The second image, was taken later in the season along the Poudre River Trail, as the color changes migrated out to Colorado's eastern plains. I'm sure accurate color measurements would say otherwise, but this is how I remember that morning, and I can think of no other film which would've captured things the way I saw them at that moment. No, as expected, these colors are not strictly accurate, but they ARE in line with the extraordinary warmth which was a part of how my minds-eye saw things that spectacular morning. I can already hear the howls from purists. Colorado, is on some of the first of the new Velvia 50 I've used. The first image, an early morning shot along the edge of the Rawah Wilderness in N. In particular, the question I kept asking myself was, "If I could go back to some of the stuff I shot this fall and exchange any of the film I used for Kodachrome of ANY vintage, would I?
I'm just getting around to scanning some of my fall color stuff from last year, and as I was doing so I was thinking about some of the "Have you shot your Kodachrome yet." threads. I've shot countless rolls of various incarnations of Kodachrome over the years, and Kodachrome 25 still ranked as one of my all time favorites right up until the end. Please, please note that my purpose is NOT to disparage Kodachrome or those who love to shoot with it. With all of the nostalgia pertaining to Kodachrome of late, I thought I'd post a bit of an alternative view.
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