How funny Shel, I am always after the opposite - anything I can get my hands on to INCREASE colour saturation!
tan.x. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 1:02 PM Subject: Filter to desaturate color > Special edition DVD releases are great. The extra features sometimes > have good information and ideas for photographers (Just saw Leone's > "Once Upon a Time in the West," which seems to be a textbook on lighting > and working with DOF - highly recommended, BTW). > > I digress. On one recently viewed DVD there was a comment by the DP > that he used an "antique suede" filter to desaturate the color. Not > being a big fan of some of the overly saturated films out there, this > caught my attention as being a way to tone down some of the intensity of > Reala while keeping its other fine characteristics. > > Upon checking the B&H site I discovered that Tiffen makes a variety of > antique suede filters, but they are rather spendy and most are not for > threaded use. Also discovered the B+W KR3. which is a "warming" filter, > but appears to be of a similar color to the Tiffen. > > So, the questions to the color film gurus here: will the KR3 behave > similarly to the antique suede? What other filters are there that can > tone down or desaturate color film? What do you do (outside of PS) to > desaturate your pictures? > > Tks! > > >
