Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/04/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yellow-green has become my standard B&W filter, although in some filter sizes I still only have a medium yellow. Y-G is a good general all-around effect, IMHO. Scott Didier Ludwig wrote: > Bill > > Cant say for 400 TMx in particular, but I think you can apply the > general rules like for any other B&W film: a color filter on B&W film > makes it's own color brighter, and it's complimentary color darker. > ISO400 films are ideal to use high factored (dark) color filters at > daylight, especially if you do not want to stop down to 16 or 22. > > Imagine the colors in a circle, each on a 1/6th position: Red, Yellow, > Green, Cyan, Blue, Magenta. The complimentary color is always 180 > degrees on the other side. Of course the filter applies not only on > it's color and it's complimentary color, but as well to the neighbours > of them, too, with decreasing effect. Thats why red, orange (which is > on a 1/12th position between R and Y), and yellow have similar, but > not identic effects. > > Red, Orange, Yellow, are making the blue tones darker (dramatic > skies), but make faces brighter, so not recommended for portraits, but > for daylight architecture and nature photography. > > Green gives more contrasts on face's skins (darkens magenta), more > greytones in green environments (woods, fields). > > It doesn't make sense to carry R, Y and O all the time with you. I > have a R (very dark, high filter factor) and a Y-G filter (low factor) > with me. Green-Yellow is good for daily use, makes the skies a little > bit darker as well as skin tones, and has a low factor. > > Didier > > > > >> Would anyone give me some practical advice on yellow/ orange/ red/ >> green filters usage w/ 400 Tmax? >> Thx, >> Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information