Trask River rapids on Kodak Ektar100
A couple of shots I captured last July on a Nikon F4 mounting the 85mm f1.4D AF lens for the first image. A 180mm f2.8 was used for the second.
I used a LEE System 100mm Little Stopper ND filter stacked under Lee's Landscape CPL. These exposures were 4 seconds at f8 or f11. Manual zone focusing technique was utilized. I used the shutter self-timer to avoid camera shake.
Kodak's data sheet didn't specify any reciprocity failure correction but the images did have a pronounced blue shift. I corrected this in post after scanning the negatives by pulling the blue channel and pushing the red just a wee bit. This is the first time I used Ektar100 and I’m very pleased with the results.
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Late to this party but I want to say great photographs and great usage of Ektar 100, Dave. Ektar seems to get a lot of hate these days with Portra seemingly being the more popular Kodak color stocks, but I've always had a soft spot for the saturation of Ektar. As you've mentioned here about the color shift (which I actually like btw) the blues from Ektar just can't be beat, at least from a color negative film in my opinion.
Then again, I'm a Kodak 200 guy...so I probably can't be trusted.
On a side note, I've got an 85mm F/1.4 Nikkor myself that stays on my F3 HP most of the time. It's an earlier Ai-S model but an absolutely gorgeous lens.