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Re: [OM] Velvia in the shade on sunny days

Subject: Re: [OM] Velvia in the shade on sunny days
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:09:20 -0500
At 07:13 PM 6/1/99 +0000, you wrote:
>Gary Reese wrote:
>
>>I find I often don't filter shaded scenes.  Rather, I use Velvia.  Gives it 
>>the warming punch of a 81B, although no where near as strong as a 81EF.
>
>I find that a high saturation film such as Velvia appears to *intensify* the
>blue of the shade under blue sky.  While it is a 'warm' emulsion, it seems
>that it requires 81 filtration more often when under such conditions for
>this reason, IMHO.  Has anyone else found this to be the case?
>
>Simon E.
>

Hi Simon,

This is one reason why I prefer Provia, or Agfa RSX-50 (the old stuff,
haven't tried the new RSX-II). Shadows still blue with Provia, but not as
bad I think.

Cheers,

Joel

Joel Wilcox
Iowa City, Iowa USA

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