Bob - thanks for the comments. There were several bugs flying around among the various flowers. At first I tried to follow the bugs, then gave up and just framed the flower I wanted and waited for the bug to come to me.
I think the color is about right. I forgot to mention that I had a Tiffen enhancing filter on the lens - the combination of the neutral-to-subdued Portra film plus the filter seems to produce pretty accurate, slightly saturated, colors. I know it would have been much "brighter" with Kodak Gold or one of the Fuji films, but this is late September after all and most natural colors are a bit muted . . . I am not totally happy with Portra as a general purpose film, but it does have the advantages that (a) my local store consistently has it in stock, and (b) I can get the same film for both 35mm and 645. Stan > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Dec PUG comments > > Just some mentions of photos that caught my eye and have not been noted yet... > . . . > > Stan Halpin - "Yellow Flower - Yellow Bug" - I like the flower and the bug > makes it all that much better. Do you think the Portra 160 NC is muting the > colors? - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
