Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always found the desert sand in bright sun to blow out everything, especially with Tri x.? I think I always add at least a stop and a half then bracket it beyond there.? Seems to help keep the sky from getting grainy so fast. --- On Tue, 6/16/09, Dante A Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> wrote: From: Dante A Stella <dstella1 at ameritech.net> Subject: [Leica] Desert sand - sunny 16? To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 3:00 PM Ok - hit a rough patch in Egypt today: at Saqqara hit subjects that were low contrast and high brightness (hazy blue sky against sand and limestone pyramids).? Shooting Tri-X and a yellow cut filter, should I trust the meter (which is reading for what looks a stop underexposed - 1/700 and f/16) and N+1 it to enhance the highlight contrast - or believe that the sand is so bright?? Under normal conditions with a clear blue sky and grey subjects, I have not needed to apply a filter factor given my developing time (on the heavy side of N development). But here, I don't have the film to bracket very much, and I am a little worried about shouldering.? Best guess, Mr. Spock?? Hopefully Luxor will have clearer skies... Dante NO ARCHIVE _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information