Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 5/31/04 12:48 PM, "Slobodan Dimitrov" <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote: > I'm firm believer in filtration. I was infected very early on about the need > to approximate the tonal values in scene onto a piece of paper through the > work of Ansel Adams. > Living in Southern CA, with its blistering glare, forces one to use filters. > Once in a moment of hubris, I photographed a series of nuclear domes > without filtration. I had just about complete tonal merger of the domes with > the sky. Thinking I'd come back and re-shoot a few weeks later, was abruptly > put to a stop by 9/11. This was in BW. Had I shot it in color, it wouldn't > been a problem. > I did shoot the forestry air service on the ground in Hemet, CA once with > Tech Pan. I also shot it with T-max 100. All done with filtration of > different combinations. I preferred the T-max, needless to say. > S. Dimitrov > > I'm with you on filters and will be investing in a set of 60's for my Noctilux. A set of filter for me is first the yellow green B+W 060, then green not real dark, then red, then a darker green, then a polarizer. Not in my set but something I'd get maybe later would be a real dark red as well as my light one, I skip yellows unless they cost a buck in a swap meet I cant find any use for them, Orange is ok, kind of a less dramatic red possibly different than a light red I don?t know how. I get those out of grab boxes in camera stores. I just got a "Nikon" filter for 3 bucks in orange. In the past I'd used orange color correction filters for my black and white but I not think it works out as well as a real orange from Florida made for black and white film. Blue I don?t do. Violet they don?t make a lot. Mark Rabiner Photography Portland Oregon New-improved http://rabinergroup.com/