Re: #294
- From: "GeeBee" <geebee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:02:07 +0100
From: "Bob Adler" <rgacpa@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: #294
> Hi Graham.
> I was wondering if you could share with me (us) what
> thought process(es) you go through in deciding which
> filter to use. I've noticed that red, green and orange
> are favored by you. I do have a basic understanding of
> the differences these filters cause with B&W film, but
> am just curious as to what thoughts go through your
> mind relative to filter selection when you are
> analyzing a sceen.
> Thanks for any input you can give,
> Bob
>
> > Leica M6 : 75mm Summilux : orange filter : Kodak
> > T400 CN
> >
> > http://www.geebeephoto.com/2005/05294.htm
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Hi Bob,
My county is geographically unspectacular but we do have our own Grand
Canyons, mountain ranges etc but they are not there all of the time and when
they are there they are above the horizon in the great skies we get. When we
do get them I make the sky the main ingredient and go after it with a red
filter. I have often used an orange filter lately and I wish I could give
you some subtle aesthetic reason but it is only because I didn't have a red
filter in E60 until a couple of weeks ago :-)
If the sky is flat I try to minimise it by framing the scene with
overhanging trees and use them to block out the sky. When taking this
option, this being the UK, I usually have plenty of green in the scene and
I like the silvery effect on sunlit or pale foliage that a green filter
gives me.
If I have both sky and an interesting foreground which requires a compromise
between sky detail and rendering the many greens in different shades of grey
I go with the green filter or yellow/green. Both will hold enough in the sky
for me to burn it in whereas a red or orange filter will often block up the
foliage by making it too dark. Good skies over a cornfield obviously favour
red filtration.
I don't know how well I explained that and I am surprised that my thought
processes took three small paragraphs to articulate them but I hope that
helps explain.
I am wary about offering my methods to such a well informed group,
particularly when I see the work on display at sites like this one:
http://www.raflexions.com/gallery/index.htm
but you did ask :-)
--Graham
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