Who shoots with those colored filters?
Dec 10, 2017 07:27:43 #
Chris T wrote:
You must have the L-398A ... is that it, WH?
No chimping, huh?
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No chimping, huh?
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Yes.
"Chimping" is a term used to describe the practice of taking a photo and then examining it on the LCD screen afterwards, usually in an excessive and compulsive way. This often distracts one from moving on to the next shot. I do not know the origin of applying the term to the practice.
Dec 10, 2017 07:29:44 #
Chris T wrote:
The yellow-green filter will give an added pop to foliage, when using b/w film, you mean, WH? ... no effect on color, right?
Yes, for B&W film.
Dec 10, 2017 07:43:42 #
waegwan wrote:
I was thinking color filters for B&W. When I select monochrome I have yellow, orange, red and green filters.
The problem with using an actual color filter for digital, is it would tend to make the shot unusable in color, but then again photoshop can match a color cast and neutralise it. Would it be successful?
Dec 10, 2017 08:22:39 #
whwiden wrote:
Yes. But I find the monochrome setting with a filt... (show quote)
I'm a bit confused. (OK....Not the first time.). I know that various colors of light are transmitted, or attenuated (reduced) when passed through a colored filter. I also know that panchromatic (B&W) film has variable sensitivity to various colors of light. i.e.: Pan-X was most sensitive to blue light...thus a blue sky looked washed-out (overexposed). Using a yellow (for a more normal sky) or red (for dramatic sky) filter to hold back some of the blue, made for very pleasing results. My confusion is not knowing whether the sensors in a modern DSLR are more or less sensitive to various colors. I'm guessing they have a fairly flat sensitivity across the visible color spectrum. That being the case....I'm guessing using a colored filter on a DSLR will give a general color cast over the entire frame, rather than providing the same kind of effect that one would produce with film???? Now, filters can be used to selectively reduce glare (polarizers), reduce haze, cut UV, provide neutral density, etc.....all of which can be useful to DSLR imaging.
Dec 10, 2017 08:25:50 #
"If you do ... which ones do you use the most: a) red b) blue c) green d) orange e) yellow f) some other not named ..."
I hope you are talking about b&w photography. Each filter has its own application depending on the effect needed. The red filter makes for dramatic skies. The yellow filter has a more natural effect.
Conventionally the green filter has been used for the male skin while the orange one seems to do well with female skins.
The other filter that I use often is the polarizer but that is in camera. I have no experience with the polarizer filter used in softwares. When I was using film a soft filter was important to me for portraits and certain other subjects like landscapes. Today my soft filter while editing is the Gaussian Blur.
Graduated neutral density filters I still use in camera. Neutral density filters I have not used often since the polarizer gives me a filter factor of 2 stops and it has been enough for me, not saying a good neutral density filter is a must for many shots. All these filters can also be used with b&w photography.
I hope you are talking about b&w photography. Each filter has its own application depending on the effect needed. The red filter makes for dramatic skies. The yellow filter has a more natural effect.
Conventionally the green filter has been used for the male skin while the orange one seems to do well with female skins.
The other filter that I use often is the polarizer but that is in camera. I have no experience with the polarizer filter used in softwares. When I was using film a soft filter was important to me for portraits and certain other subjects like landscapes. Today my soft filter while editing is the Gaussian Blur.
Graduated neutral density filters I still use in camera. Neutral density filters I have not used often since the polarizer gives me a filter factor of 2 stops and it has been enough for me, not saying a good neutral density filter is a must for many shots. All these filters can also be used with b&w photography.
Dec 10, 2017 08:27:16 #
I find light yellow or light orange filters can be helpful. This shot was with a very light yelloe filter. You can see the effect.
Dec 10, 2017 09:07:54 #
Largobob wrote:
I'm a bit confused. (OK....Not the first time.). ... (show quote)
When viewed in color, the filter provides a color cast to the entire frame. When the color cast frame is converted to monochrome, it is similar to the effect of shooting black and white film with a color filter.
Dec 10, 2017 09:49:48 #
I have a friend that only shoots B&W, 2.25 film TMax ....mostly outdoor landscapes. All lenses have a yellow filter.....all the time
I shoot only digital..... everything done in post "Pre-Visualized" of course
I shoot only digital..... everything done in post "Pre-Visualized" of course
Dec 10, 2017 14:04:26 #
I regularly use colored filters. I rely on the usual assortment, K2, 25A, X1, and O. Those are limited to film usage.
--Bob
--Bob
Chris T wrote:
If you do ... which ones do you use the most: a) red b) blue c) green d) orange e) yellow f) some other not named ...
Dec 10, 2017 14:49:03 #
photoman022
Loc: Manchester CT USA
nicksr1125 wrote:
Haven't used any of them in years. They're main use was in B&W work to eliminate specific colors.
same here; I came across my older color filters while cleaning up my office space and threw them out.Dec 10, 2017 23:59:09 #
Darkroom317 wrote:
No. 77mm screw on. I standardized on my RB67 lenses.
Oh, I see, Kris ... gotya!!!
Dec 11, 2017 00:03:39 #
whwiden wrote:
Yes.
"Chimping" is a term used to describe the practice of taking a photo and then examining it on the LCD screen afterwards, usually in an excessive and compulsive way. This often distracts one from moving on to the next shot. I do not know the origin of applying the term to the practice.
"Chimping" is a term used to describe the practice of taking a photo and then examining it on the LCD screen afterwards, usually in an excessive and compulsive way. This often distracts one from moving on to the next shot. I do not know the origin of applying the term to the practice.
Oh, I see ....
I usually don't even OPEN the back, till I get back home ... just to do a count, before I upload ...
Dec 11, 2017 00:05:50 #
markmmmm wrote:
I find light yellow or light orange filters can be helpful. This shot was with a very light yelloe filter. You can see the effect.
Sweet, Mark ... what was your lens, on this one?
Dec 11, 2017 04:00:41 #
blackest wrote:
The problem with using an actual color filter for digital, is it would tend to make the shot unusable in color, but then again photoshop can match a color cast and neutralise it. Would it be successful?
No idea, Blackest ... but here's some color pics, taken with the color filters, in place ....
No Filter
Red Filter
Magenta Filter
Blue Filter
Cyan Filter
Green Filter
Yellow Filter
Dec 12, 2017 14:13:16 #
SierraP
Loc: Eastern Sierras
I guess I'll 'll have to find some "craft" use for the couple of dozen colored filters that are currently collecting dust in my closet.
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