Color Transparency

This is another large format transparency from the E-6 batch recently processed.  This particular shot was taken late in the day, on November 12th, when Margarit and I were out exploring with Chris and Connie.  This one was taken at the historic village that we visited.  The light was so low that I was unable to take a meter reading with my spot meter.  I had to resort to my incident meter to get some idea as to the necessary exposure.  This particular shot required a 4 minute exposure, but as the light continued to fade, some of the last shots of the day, taken on black and white film, required even longer exposures.

One of the buildings at this site had this shelf unit with all these jars full of various seeds and spices.  In some areas there was light shining through some cracks in the log wall behind the jars.  This particular spot was one of the few parts that I could key in on the jars, and avoid the highlights.  Not sure how long these have been here, or what the intent of the collector was.  Pretty interesting all the same.  This particular image was taken on Fuji Velvia 4" x 5" film with my Ebony large format camera and a Schneider G-Claron 210mm lens.  The exposure was for 4 minutes at F14.0.  The film expired in 2010.