Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:13 AM 01/05/98 EDT, you wrote: >Hi, > >Can anyone on the list suggest a way to minimize the green color cast you get >on transparency film when one must shoot a portrait in an area with lots of >green foliage. > Use front lighting, front fill with a white or silver reflector positioned so that it reflects incoming sunlight and not light reflected from foliage, or use fill flash in direct lighting. Try this before any attempts at changing the filtration. The reflected green light from the foliage is what you are trying to eliminate, so position your subject(s) with their backs to the foliage, and try to use more diffuse lighting if the conditions will allow, or move your subject into the shade if possible. - -GH