[pure-silver] Re: fence row project negatives

From: "Shannon Stoney" <shannonstoney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
I had a yellow filter and sometimes I used that, but not often. Usually there weren't any clouds at all! It was in the middle of the long drought that we had in TN this summer. 

You don't need clouds to use a yellow filter.  As Mark suggested,
a red filter may have been appropriate.

The filter darkens only the sky and not the clouds, making the clouds
stand out.

In the absence of clouds it still darkens the sky.

A red filter will darken the sky a lot more than yellow, and a light
yellow is close to useless unless the sky is cobalt blue.

For black skies try a #25 red or #29 deep red with a polarizer.

A black sky _will_ make the foreground stand out.  And since the
sky is black to begin with you can play with paper contrast for
the foreground without much effect on the sky.

--
Nicholas O. Lindan, Cleveland, Ohio
Darkroom Automation: F-Stop Timers, Enlarging Meters
http://www.darkroomautomation.com/index.htm

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