Over the Easter Long weekend back in early April, I went on my first proper photowalk in 2021 with my Fujifilm X-T4 camera with the Fujifilm 23mm f2 lens. It was the first time I was using The X-T4 for full on a casual walk. So far I've only used the X-T4 for client work and just haven't had much free time this year to just do photography for fun. For the walk I decided to use Ritchie's Kodachrome II Film Simulation recipe. It has a bit of an old school nostalgic look.
You can check out his blog post for the details on the recipe, but here's a quick summary:
Kodachrome II Film Simulation
- Classic Chrome
- Dynamic Range: DR200
- Highlight: +1
- Shadow: +2
- Color: +1
- Noise Reduction: -4
- Sharpening: +1
- Clarity: -2
- Grain Effect: Weak, Small
- Color Chrome Effect: Strong
- Color Chrome Effect Blue: Weak
- White Balance: Auto, +3 Red & -4 Blue
- ISO: Auto, up to ISO 6400
- Exposure Compensation: +1/3 to +2/3 (typically)
The photo walk started around 4pm so the afternoon light was fantastic down in Fremantle. It was very experimental more than anything. I didn't get any keepers as such, but I really enjoyed the process of just getting out there to shoot for fun and with the intention of sharing the images in JPEG. While I did shoot JPEG + RAW, it was mostly for me to be able to compare the unedited JPEGs straight out of camera with editing my raw images.
It's been a while since I walked around Fremantle. I always enjoy photographing the mix of old and new buildings as well as some usual suspects like the wharf and ferris wheel.
My favourite creative image of the day is the silhouette of the trees in the reflection on the window. The warm afternoon light shining upon the colonial architecture Esplanade Hotel was also pretty neat, especially contrasting that against the blue sky.
I thought it would be fun to do a compare and contrast between the Kodachrome II Film Simulation JPEGs straight out of camera with no editing, against the edited RAF files. The images on the left are JPEGs and the images on the right are edited RAF files.
Which do you prefer? The muted tones of the Kodachrome II or the slight more punchy edited RAFs?
Thanks for stopping by today and happy shooting.