Look ma, no light meter!

Wow, you certainly nailed that exposure! Very hard to do with slide film... Great job!

I'd say you're about 1/3 to 1/2 under exposed but still a good guess given the tricky lighting.

I agree with ER. It appears a bit under, but the colour is surprisingly close considering the mix of manmade and daylight. I would have expected far mor yellow/orange than the amount of blue/cyan seen in the scan.

Yep, I agree with the underexposure. Sadly my J8 does not even have half-stops!

Although there are artificial lights in the background, most of the light comes from the garage's open door in which I stood (cf. the reflection in the windshield of the bus), hence explaining the rather neutral balance.

The only manips I made on the scan was to adjust levels in order to get a decent black. I'm not sure if this has a big impact on color balance, but on the original slide the colors are similar to what I see on screen.

Oh, and for bragging rights: I did not even bracket! That's the only shot I took.

...and it's a very good image artistically!

Thank you, Garry!

good shot, not bad with no meter.

Bravo!
I immediately recognized Montreal. Interesting shot and congrat for the speed setting.

Marc

It feels so incredibly liberating to operate without a meter, and to have decent results! There's no meter this, compensate for that, point somewhere else, hesitate, dither, etc. For negative film in 35mm, it's a technique I'll try to keep sharp, at least to make sure that I'm always pre-set to a useable shutter/aperture combination.