yellow pictures - what did I do?

I won't go into too much detail but will just say I'm a newbie (see

bio for more). I took these pics the other day for a "client" for

free for practice. Honestly, I don't remember my exact settings but

probably was in AV mode with aperture at 2 ish. Had sb28 flash

pointed at wall as I was looking down into crib at baby. color, 400

speed c-41 film on a N55 body. and saddly, I don't remember what

brand either market-basket supermarket (the real high end stuff my

Dad had given me for free!) or fuji.

I'm so new at this that even desrcibing all that is pretty technical

for me, so please go easy on me. I'm just trying to find out what

caused the yellow. Could the film have been bad?

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possibly:

 

- expired or heat-damaged film?

 

- the lens had a yellow filter on by mistake? (been there, taken that photo)

 

- you pointed the flash at a very yellow wall?

 

- If this is a print, it could be a print problem - does the negative look very blue?

Another possibility is that you have shot transparency film and had it inadvertently cross-

processed as negative film.

 

What does the code on the neg strips say?

i don't have the negs back yet. maybe I should ask the lab what they think. Defnitely no filters were on, and the wall was white.

oh, and it wasn't transparency film (since I don't even know what that is) :( And these are from digital files from candid2000. I assume they scan the negatives.

"Transparency film" = slide film. Examples: Velvia, anything ending in "chrome". It'll say "E6" processing instead of C41 processing.

 

I've had transparency film processed in C41 chemicals, and it gave funky colors, but nothing like this.

 

I would definitely take a look at the negatives- answer is likely to be there.

This doesn't look like cross processed film--would be much more contrasty. My cut on it

would be bad film or maybe more likely, bad chemistry used to process it or processor

malfunction. Of course, you have also introduced another 3rd party who has scanned them.

My reason for the processing failure is the lack of contrast and color cast.The darker areas

have less silver to develop and so wont show as much deterioration.

 

When you get the negatives back, you can usually tell if you have some properly developed

film of the same type. Just compare the preprinted data in the sprocket area, if it is the

developing you will see density/contrast differences in this area.

a bad case of jaundice...lol, how many photos from how many rolls came out like this? and how many photos from the same roll came out o.k.?

Is this scan the only return you have from your film ?

If so, maybe it's just a bad scan.

Tim, lol! This yellow thing occurred on 18 out of a roll of 24. Funny thing is there is one photo in the middle of the series, which is not yellowed, just a blurred bad picture.

I will call the lab today and look at the negatives when I get them.

Mona, I don't understand all you are saying, but in talking about silver and deterioration. Its funny because to both the client and I, it reminds us of an old 19th century photo which has faded or deteriorated over time. She kind of liked them ha ha!

I'll get back to you tonight if you're interested in what the lab tells me.

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That's not a bad picture aestheticly speaking. Technically it is in

regards to perfect exposure, color balance and focus, but it does

imbue a dream like feel to the capured subject.

 

Kind of like a happy accident most watercolorist live for.

Now that we've seen both the bad and good versions from the same roll, there are some clues to analyze:

 

One good pic (OK color) in middle of roll: not a developing problem, not a film problem. Maybe a scanner problem, Maybe a flash problem.

 

The good pic shows no shadows beside the head, whereas the yellow pic does. Where did that shadow come from if you were using bounce flash off the wall? It suggests to me that there was overhead tungsten light, but no flash. That would account for the yellow color and the shadow.

 

So, I'm leaning towards a problem with your flash not firing. The negatives will tell you what is going on. The one good color frame should be distinctly different looking on the negs than the others. If it looks the same as the others, then the problem is in scanning.

 

My 2 cents.

Tungsten lighting and wrong exposure settings when using flash?

I think Dan and Jonathon hit it--flash didn't fire and underexposed because of it--tungsten

light from a little left of frame.

thanks everyone, I have the negs back and yes, that one is distinctly diff from the others. I'm guessing as you said the flash didn't go off. Maybe it was turned off or something. I seem to be famous for having the flash not go off. Darn. Well I had other rolls with good shots so no big deal I guess, I just have to be sure to check the flash!!!!

Thanks for all your help!