Re: begging for wisdom

I am shooting the same film and the same format.

I would advise filtration of Red and Yellow.

Red will also darken foilage, in addition to darkening
sky, and yellow will lighten foilage in addition to darkening
sky.

a number 29 dark red will make the blue sky extremely dark.
a number 25 will darken more moderately.

a number 15 yellow is supposed to darken a sky significantly,
while a number 8 might be better for a moderate contrast.

I don't think either will do much good if you don't have any
blue in your sky., i.e., they will probably only serve to lengthen
your exposure.

Good luck. I am going to be in Utah next week taking pictures of
rock formations... I can't wait!

On Thu, 30 May 2002 Jeepadog@aol.com wrote:

> I'm going to the west coast of Ireland at the end of June and I'm hoping to
> take a lot of pinhole shots, especially of the sea and bogs and the sun
> through the clouds, etc., etc., etc. I'm wondering if anyone has any
> suggestions on how to get good contrast between the sky and the clouds, in
> particular. Is it better to use a filter when shooting or in the printing
> stage? (I'll use negatives as final images, but I won't use the originals.)
> I'm planning on shooting 4x5 TMax 100, but will probably take along some 400
> also. I'd rather not bring along any developing apparatus, but I may lose my
> nerve and load my suitcase up.
> Any advise anyone has would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
> Julie (WPPD#167)
>
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Received on Thu May 30 15:35:06 2002