Re: [Leica] Complimentary flash filter

["Roy Zartarian" <royzart@connix.com>]

FWIW, I've put a light green gel over the flash and an FL-D 
(which, I think, = CC30 magenta) over the lens for transparency work 
under fluorescent lights in order to make all the illumination one 
"color" and correcting the green at the lens. A few months ago I used 
this approach with the R4 (now we're on topic) for some publicity 
shots for the local public library.  Although the skin tones were a 
tad on the warm side, the overall results were acceptable.

Roy


On 12 Dec 98 at 6:44, George Huczek wrote:

> Recently I read of a photographer who uses a colour gel on his
> flash, while using a complimentary colour filter on the camera lens.
>  I think he had a green filter on the lens, and a magenta gel on the
> flash, or vice versa. Can someone please tell me what practical
> differences these filtering techniques have?  I understand the
> theory of why this works, but I am wondering what differences would
> actually appear on the photos if one did this.  He was using a
> standard focal length lens on a N***n to photograph people, using
> TriX film.
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