Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Rabiner wrote: Don't your flesh tones come out less than great, Horst? > I find they kind of wash them out. > Like when you shoot with tungsten lights. > The hint of cyan in a yellow-green counteracts this is the way it works. > But you loose a full stop instead of a half stop. > There is also something about yellow filters stealing the light out of the shadows. > As shadows tend to be cool a yellow filter will steal the light out of them. > But that touch of cyan to make it go yellow-green counteracts that as well. > That's the whole spiel on yellow-green. > I've come clean on yellow-green. > > Mark (What me yellow?) Rabiner > Portland, Oregon > USA Mark, I hadn't' noticed, but I will take your advise and try it next time. Thanks, Horst Schmidt