I've always shot black and white stuff with a yellow filter but have found that to
be unflattering for people pictures (though "truer") seems to me the best thing
for black and white portraiture is no filter. Tried the greeny once myself -
didn't seem to produce
very pleasing results. Anyone want to buy it??? <g>
annsan
Norm Baugher wrote:
> There's many answers to your question. For myself, at minimum I ~always~ have a
> medium yellow attached to my lenses, only taken off depending on the
> situation...
> Norm
>
> Ed Mathews wrote:
>
> > OK, Allan and Bill: I'm going to do this. I've been putting off using any
> > filtration in B&W for years, just because I don't like the idea of it. So,
> > I've more or less changed everything else associated with what I do to
> > compensate for it. But, I'm going to try this now. So, what is the number
> > of the first filter I should try, that would start at giving me the mildest
> > effect to lighten the skintones? Just some really pale yellow one? Is
> > there any real consistency in filter numbers from brand to brand?
> >
>
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