Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In low contrast and high brightness with TriX I would take a red filter and place the sand on about a zone IV and develop at N+2. Anything with darker tones will drop to Zone II or I and anything green will drop out. If there is nearby foliage where you want to keep detail then place the foliage on a zone about III and develop normal or N-1. At 04:07 PM 6/16/2009, you wrote: >sounds like a situation where I'd want reflected readings with a spot >meter >and some serious zone system thinking > >Regards, >George Lottermoser >george at imagist.com >http://www.imagist.com >http://www.imagist.com/blog >http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist > >On Jun 16, 2009, at 3:00 PM, Dante A Stella wrote: > >> >>Ok - hit a rough patch in Egypt today: at Saqqara hit subjects that >>were low contrast and high brightness (hazy blue sky against sand >>and limestone pyramids). >> >>Shooting Tri-X and a yellow cut filter, should I trust the meter >>(which is reading for what looks a stop underexposed - 1/700 and f/ 16) >>and N+1 it to enhance the highlight contrast - or believe that >>the sand is so bright? Under normal conditions with a clear blue >>sky and grey subjects, I have not needed to apply a filter factor >>given my developing time (on the heavy side of N development). >> >>But here, I don't have the film to bracket very much, and I am a >>little worried about shouldering. Best guess, Mr. Spock? >>Hopefully Luxor will have clearer skies... >> >>Dante >> >>NO ARCHIVE >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information Chris Saganich MS, CPH Senior Physicist, Office of Health Physics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York Presbyterian Hospital chs2018 at med.cornell.edu http://intranet.med.cornell.edu/research/health_phys/ Ph. 212.746.6964 Fax. 212.746.4800 Office A-0049