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From: "Ed Mathews"
<Subject: Re: t-grain films (was re: TMax 400 Processing)
> Hey there Rob,
> As a matter of fact, no, I have not tried that, but I've
always
> wondered if my B&W portraits could be improved with
filtration. I had a
> small store owner tell me once that many people used green
filters for B&W
> portraits, so he sold me one, and I ended up with the worst
results I had
> ever obtained, so it sits on my shelf in the closet. I've
never been a fan
> of filtration, but what can you suggest that might make sense
to me? I want
> a lighter color Caucasian skin tone in my prints. Probably
around zone 7 or
> so. I know that color filters lighten same shade colors for
B&W, but I've
> never thought that skintones were universal enough to use any
one filter
> for. Any suggestions? Maybe it's time I tried a filter or
two?
To raise the skin tones from zone 5 to zone 7, you will probably
want a #15 medium yellow filter. It is a bit strong for a
general purpose filter for black and white, but I find the #8 on
the weak side. Orange filters give an interesting caucasian skin
tone, and red a very pale skin tone. The green filter is pretty
close to the worst filter you can use for portraiture, as it
makes the flash tonee dirtly, without bringing out enough of the
character. Try an 80A with a well weathered white male sometime.
Remember, the filter lightens its own colour in the print, and
darkens the opposite colour.
William Robb
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