Francesc Candel
Cross processing. Vintage car.
Every year after Carnival, the Barcelona-Sitges Rally of vintage cars is organized. The car caravan runs along the old Costa de Garraf road, with infinite curves along 23 kms. Once in Sitges, the cars are parked on Passeig de la Ribera to be admired and photographed.
Cross processing began to be used in the 90's, mainly in fashion and advertising photography. In other types of photographs such as landscapes, the results were very bad and unreal. They were high contrast images, with saturated but highly distorted colors. Low lights became dominant blue, dark areas were very flat, blues very dark and muted. Sometimes reds turned magenta and highlights tended to yellow or sometimes slightly pink or creamy.
That's the theory of course and it can also be achieved in Photoshop with external plugins or by loading ACV files in a curves adjustment layer. But it's all very subjective because actually, cross development gives a different result depending on the photographic film you use. An Agfa CT Precisa 100 is a high-contrast reel and creates highly saturated colors, while a Fuji Sensia 100 creates softer, lower-contrast tones. But even within the same brand, each reel has its particular characteristics and therefore different cross processes. On a Fuji Velvia 100F ASA, fuchsia and deep magentas dominate and a Fuji Velvia 50 ASA produces bluish images with high contrast, while a Fuji Provia 100F has a tendency to be greenish and yellowish-blue. Each photo reel reacts differently to the cross processing and also depending on other factors such as the degree of preservation of the film, expiry date, the use of other products such as b / w whiteners, etc.
In cross processing, standard ISO films (from 50 to 100 ASA) were generally used, but for this photo I added some variants to experiment: I used an Ektachrome P800 / 1600 Professional EES slide reel (which due to its high sensitivity It was used by sports press photographers), I forced the exposure to 3200 and sub revealed to 1600. Instead of chemicals process for E-6 I used those for C-41. And I used a half-year expired slide film that had been left out of the fridge under normal ambient conditions. Processed on paper Fuji Professional Lux Chrome Metallic.
This car is an Hispano Suiza H6B Cabrio Model. The body was pearl gray metallic, but through the cross process it was greenish. The upper part was darker and more intense green because of the dominant blue of the sky and the dark brown fender was turned into red. No digital media has been used in this photograph. Just scanning: Epson Perfection V-700 Photo.
Awards:
VI Photographic Contest Marqués de Casariego. Everardo Fernández Cadenas Memorial. (Asturias)
X State Contest of Photography "Ciutat de Valls" (Tarragona)
V City of Torremolinos Photographic Contest. (Málaga)
XIII National Photography Contest, Collado Villalba (Madrid)
X Photography Contest, "Ciudad de Benavente" (Zamora)
VII Photographic Contest of Utiel (Valencia)
IV National Photography Contest "Ciudad de Baeza" (Jaen)
IX Arrigorriaga City Council Photo Contest (Euskadi)
Pasaia Herriko I Argazki Lehiaketa. (Euskadi)
Muy Tranquilo
Gramatik - Street Bangerz Vol. 3 (2010)
In My City
Gramatik - Coffee Shop Selection (2015)
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Muy Tranquilo... In My City....
Cross processing. Vintage car.
Every year after Carnival, the Barcelona-Sitges Rally of vintage cars is organized. The car caravan runs along the old Costa de Garraf road, with infinite curves along 23 kms. Once in Sitges, the cars are parked on Passeig de la Ribera to be admired and photographed.
Cross processing began to be used in the 90's, mainly in fashion and advertising photography. In other types of photographs such as landscapes, the results were very bad and unreal. They were high contrast images, with saturated but highly distorted colors. Low lights became dominant blue, dark areas were very flat, blues very dark and muted. Sometimes reds turned magenta and highlights tended to yellow or sometimes slightly pink or creamy.
That's the theory of course and it can also be achieved in Photoshop with external plugins or by loading ACV files in a curves adjustment layer. But it's all very subjective because actually, cross development gives a different result depending on the photographic film you use. An Agfa CT Precisa 100 is a high-contrast reel and creates highly saturated colors, while a Fuji Sensia 100 creates softer, lower-contrast tones. But even within the same brand, each reel has its particular characteristics and therefore different cross processes. On a Fuji Velvia 100F ASA, fuchsia and deep magentas dominate and a Fuji Velvia 50 ASA produces bluish images with high contrast, while a Fuji Provia 100F has a tendency to be greenish and yellowish-blue. Each photo reel reacts differently to the cross processing and also depending on other factors such as the degree of preservation of the film, expiry date, the use of other products such as b / w whiteners, etc.
In cross processing, standard ISO films (from 50 to 100 ASA) were generally used, but for this photo I added some variants to experiment: I used an Ektachrome P800 / 1600 Professional EES slide reel (which due to its high sensitivity It was used by sports press photographers), I forced the exposure to 3200 and sub revealed to 1600. Instead of chemicals process for E-6 I used those for C-41. And I used a half-year expired slide film that had been left out of the fridge under normal ambient conditions. Processed on paper Fuji Professional Lux Chrome Metallic.
This car is an Hispano Suiza H6B Cabrio Model. The body was pearl gray metallic, but through the cross process it was greenish. The upper part was darker and more intense green because of the dominant blue of the sky and the dark brown fender was turned into red. No digital media has been used in this photograph. Just scanning: Epson Perfection V-700 Photo.
Awards:
VI Photographic Contest Marqués de Casariego. Everardo Fernández Cadenas Memorial. (Asturias)
X State Contest of Photography "Ciutat de Valls" (Tarragona)
V City of Torremolinos Photographic Contest. (Málaga)
XIII National Photography Contest, Collado Villalba (Madrid)
X Photography Contest, "Ciudad de Benavente" (Zamora)
VII Photographic Contest of Utiel (Valencia)
IV National Photography Contest "Ciudad de Baeza" (Jaen)
IX Arrigorriaga City Council Photo Contest (Euskadi)
Pasaia Herriko I Argazki Lehiaketa. (Euskadi)
Muy Tranquilo
Gramatik - Street Bangerz Vol. 3 (2010)
In My City
Gramatik - Coffee Shop Selection (2015)
.....
Muy Tranquilo... In My City....