>From : "Chris Barker"
Subject : [OM] Re: Bugbrooke Northamptonshire #1 (2 shots)
Am I right in thinking that, like orange filters, a green filter tends
to reduce the exposure range between sky and earth?
Chris
> 2 shots
> http://www.geebeephoto.com/temp2/Bugbrooke_01.html
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Hi Chris,
The short answer is that I am not sure. It would lighten the newly mown, very
green, hay and hold some cloud detail in the sky. I'm not playing dumb here, I
really am :-)
My thinking behind the use of the green filter was that it would render the
foreground better and hold enough in the sky for me to burn it in when I got
the shot onto the computer. The contrast between sky (extensively burned in)
and the foreground (bumped up contrast) is not a true reflection of what I
started out with.
Just a variant of working in a darkroom where I would, courtesy of Ilford
Multigrade paper, give the print a longer exposure for the sky while masking
off the foreground then reverse the mask and print the foregound on a harder
grade to boost the contrast.
Graham
www.geebeephoto.com
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