I thought reflections are the name of the game! Why would I want the sparkle removed? I like my water with as much shine as an FBI agent's wing-tip shoes.
(Gosh, wonder where they still buy those things? Must be a special shoe store inside FBI headquarters.)
Indeed I was going to bring a high transmission CP to have in case at least for the 150mm. I was thinking both about the leaves and wanted to have it available in case I didn't want any reflections off the water (though I might want those, I guess I'll have to see when I get there!) Still might grab an 81B maybe to experiment. For color negative I have some room for changing the white balance in post, but for slide I definitely like the pursuits of getting it right "in camera".
Based on the convos above, I've got my holders down to 6 - 1 Velvia, 1 Ektar, 1 IR, 1 HP5, 2 TMX. I might swap the HP5 and TMX count but haven't decided yet (or maybe I leave the IR in the car). But if the above distribution is really off, I can make a run back to the car where I can have some extra holders loaded and ready to go.
In contento ed allegria
Notte e di vogliam passar!
The sparkle is still there. The polarizer gets rid of the glare and helps to saturate the colors. It also can get rid of the surface glare so you can see the rocks etc. under the water. Using lens movement (shift) I can take two shots (upper & lower) and then stitch them in CC with no distortion.
Kent in SD
In contento ed allegria
Notte e di vogliam passar!
Glare, light, sparkle, life, reality. I try to avoid stitching. Best way to prevent stitches, casts, and crutches is to not fall off the trail.
Color balance is especially important to correct at the time of the shot with Ektar color neg film. It's a myth that every aspect of this problem can be post-corrected. I don't have time to explain the technical reason now; but carry an 81a filter or maybe even 81b if you are in deep blue shade.
Yep I'm thinking of picking one up because, once I thought about it, I've definitely run into that before. On a few shots they were happy accidents as the purple/blue cast ended up making the photo look awesome! But I think in this context those blue hues would be undesirable. For whatever reason, I do seem to have more trouble color correcting 4x5 Ektar negatives than I do at 35mm (and mostly in 120). Same scanner so maybe it's just my compositions but it's been a challenge. In fact my last hiking trip I had lots of (undesirable) blues in the shadows that made getting the right white balance difficult. Wish I had thought about an 81 filter at the time.
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