Yes, it is possible to get some of that crazy pinkish tinge to your Fuji Velvia shots WITHOUT crossprocessing. Let me explain.
As Fuji Velvia is my favorite color slide film I picked it to use when experimenting with my pinhole Diana F+. I chose to take some pinhole shots on a wickedly bright day at the beach and was pleasantly surprised at the face-of-Jupiter-like results. Long exposures on this 50 iso roll gave my pictures a warm, pinkish glow that I’ve only seen replicated by cross-processing.
I first noticed this phenomenon while taking pinhole Diana shots at the bowling alley. Those exposures were for around 15 minutes in low light so the ‘Velvia Effect’ isn’t as dramatic in those shots as it is in the beach shots, but it’s still evident. Pretty cool, huh?
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January 18th, 2010 at 22:07
Love em! Love the 1st two shots most. Awesome colors.
January 19th, 2010 at 19:57
thanks!
April 5th, 2010 at 13:03
Velvia definitely does some strange things during long exposures – it’s due to reciprocity failure. check it out here: http://www.geofflawrence.com/photography_tutorial_reciprocity_failure.htm
Velvia will shift to Magenta (you see it in your captures) because that layer of the film will gather light faster than the other layers over a longer period of exposure.
It is pretty fun to exploit this sensitivity though!
April 5th, 2010 at 16:43
thanks for the link and the explanation. it’s always cool to know why things work the way they do.