A Primer for Taking Good Pictures by judywhite Tips on Slide Film for Garden Photography Slide film varies in how it depicts colors. This means that you can shoot the same scene with different slide film, and the results can vary dramatically. One of the most important colors in garden photography is green , so choose your film primarily based on how it shows up.
Many slide films turn green very dark, with blackish tints.
This is especially true of slide films that are used mostly to shoot people portraits. Green is rendered especially well with Fuji's Velvia professional film, a highly saturated type of slide film. A nice amateur alternative is Kodak's Elite 100 slide film. Use good, branded low-ISO film , preferably with an ISO of 100 or less. Kodachrome 64 used to be the very standard for shooting garden photography.