----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff"
Subject: A question for color film users
I know how to control contrast and tonality with B&W film, but how does one do it with color? For example, there's a piece of artwork that I'd like to photograph. It's rusted metal and the background is green grass. I'd like to photograph it in such a way that the grass is much darker and the art work is lighter, resulting in more contrast between the two. Is this possible?
I think Photoshop is your best answer. Play with the green channel. The nice thing about black and white is that you can screw around with it's colour response and not get wonky colour. But, it is an interesting thought to do it on film. I wonder what a notch filter of somewhere in the green band would do. It would be quite an expensive experiment.
William Robb
