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Just did a little 12-color wheel in Excel (see attachment). Not perfect,
but you get the idea.
Cheers,
Roland.
Jim Brokaw wrote:
>on 6/15/04 12:21 PM, Evan Ruff at evan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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>>Hey guys,
>>
>>I was wondering if someone could give me a brief explanation about what
>>color filters I should use in which situations when shooting B&W. I don't
>>think I fully understand the benefits of it.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Evan
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>The basic principle to remember is that a filter lightens its own color in
>the B & W print, and darkens its complementary color. What are complementary
>colors...? On a color wheel, red is opposite green, yellow is opposite blue,
>and I forget the other one. Really.
>
>But the basic principle for use (with panchromatic film, which is
>practically every B&W film nowdays) is that to lighten a color, or
>differentiate between shades better, use a filter of the same color. So for
>green landscape scenes you can get more shades of gray by using a green
>filter (sometimes called X1 or X2 I think). For increased contrast between
>clouds and blue sky, darken the blue sky with a yellow or orange filter, or
>for most dramatic effects use a red filter. For hiding skin complexion
>problems in portraits use a yellow or orange filter, it 'fades out' the
>darker blemishes (caucasian subjects assumed here...)
>
>Nowdays you can apply most filter effects after the fact using Photoshop,
>but if its not on the negative to begin with its hard to fix it later, so
>for those dramatic cloud-filled skys use the yellow or orange filter.
>
>
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