Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/01

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Filters for black and white
From: "Jean-Claude Berger" <jcberger@jcberger.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 14:42:50 +0200

Thanks Bernard,

I learnt something. You're a much subtle photographer than I am.

The red filter for portrait surprises me, I thought it would give a illness
effect. I may be confused but I would use the green if ever I had too (and if I
did portraits :-) ). I'll give it a try.

Oh, BTW I do my own lab (and other's when photo was my job). But (I'm sure to be
flamed for that), frankly, I enjoy it as much as housekeeping :-(.

- --
Jean-Claude Berger (jcberger@jcberger.com)
Systems and RDBMS consultant (MCSE)
Lyon, France
http://www.jcberger.com

...
>
> Do you do you own printing? I ask, because who knows... maybe the lab
> you use has some sort of equalizing automation built in. ..
>
> I would like to add that factor-5 red is a gorgeous filter for
> portraits. The skin becomes very soft and comes to look like porcelain.
> If you want a flattering portrait and aren't a fan of those banal
> soft-focus filters, then in black and white, the red filter is the way
> to go. The results inevitably lead to streams of ooooh's and aahhh's for
> me.
>
> Bernard.