A "blue cast" in b&w film???Originally Posted by StoneNYC
However then you also need color correction filters for the blue cast in the shadows and then you lose light anyway
The OP said in his original post that he's using Acros or Delta 100.
- Leigh
If you believe you can, or you believe you can't... you're right.
Yes, however there was mention of shooting Portra160 at 100 and I got on thinking color was also subject matter in the thread. :/
Leigh maybe you should re-read the OP's original post and your reply in post #2.
Roger
Yeah, blown highlights and blocked shadows in night shots maybe what the OP is looking for, lol. As far as contrast - it'll be there no matter what.Remember that "better" is relative, and the OP may be looking for contrast
Umm yes... That's what in saying... Some people like that look....
Just because you don't like blown highlights doesn't mean everyone is like you...
You really don't need to filter color neg film in-camera to adjust for shifts in the color of the scene except when the difference is extreme. It is easily done in the print or the scan.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
Yes, advise the OP to push the film. Nothing better to do with an extreme subject brightness range like a lit storefront window at night than push the film, lol! That way you can get those glorious, detail-free highlights that you could easily coax out of a flat neg of said scene but without having a choice.
Never mind experience and knowledge, guess it's all just personal preference, right?
Yes... It is about personal preference... If you think otherwise then you should stop trying to be an artist and become a teacher... You'll never do anything great if you don't break the rules, you'll just be another lemming.
Please. Give us a break. What have you done that is "great". You really think you are such an accomplished artist that you can make such pronouncements without looking like a complete fool?
Artist make aesthetic choices based on knowing their medium and their tools. If one is getting blown highlights and blocked shadows because they chose to do it that's one thing. If they are getting them because they don't know how to control these things it is quite another.
Thanks,
Kirk
at age 73:
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep"
I didn't say I'm great, I didn't tout being good at anything, I spoke of personal preference, and that art is personal.
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