Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/08/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mark Pope wrote: <snip> The only comment that I would make about the B&W images is whether they would have been improved by a yellow or orange filter. The cloud formation over the Tenton range is very interesting. For some reason, the formation is a bit disconcerting - almost unnatural. <snip> Mark, thank you for your kind comments. Regarding the use of yellow or orange filters in b&w, while I am of the "less is usually better" school, I almost always inspect a scene through a K2 (Wratten 8) filter and/or a polariser before deciding whether to use it. When there are cumuli over the Tetons, they will visually dominate the scene, and the image will definitely be enhanced by a K2 or a polarizer, depending on the sun angle. The K2 would pretty much kill the shadow detail in the middle and foreground areas. At 7,000' the light is very different than at sea level, and the UV component tends to bedevil some exposure meters. Among the very few locations where I have used a #21 orange filter (on my Hasselblad) is the high desert of Nevada and Utah, the red rock country of the Colorado Plateau, and the groves of ancient bristlecone pines at 11,000-12,000 feet. When I saw the strange cloud take shape - I think it was a combination of contrails - I pulled my Jeep off the dirt road and scrambled for a few shooting positions. Thanks again, Oliver Norton AntiVirus scans all my outgoing e-mail. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html