Tiny Format Portraits

**Tin Can** · 19-Sep-2016, 07:48

Nice!

**Tin Can** · 19-Sep-2016, 08:03

Sergei, I have questions!

How did you shoot Lana?

In color with glass orange filter on lens and convert in PS?

Or shoot in Nikon monochrome standard settings with the glass filter, not PS color change needed?

Or did you select the internal Nikon orange filter setting which also needs no PS processing to get what you show?

I ask as I was trying these variations with dark red glass filter last week.

**SergeiR** · 19-Sep-2016, 09:22

Dug out from magazine archives

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Aptus 54s, Mamiya 654 AFDIII, i think it was 55-110mm lens , could be 80/2.8 though.

Minxie by Sergei Rodionov, on Flickr

**SergeiR** · 19-Sep-2016, 09:25

Originally Posted by Randy Moe

Sergei, I have questions!

How did you shoot Lana?

In color with glass orange filter on lens and convert in PS?

Or shoot in Nikon monochrome standard settings with the glass filter, not PS color change needed?

Or did you select the internal Nikon orange filter setting which also needs no PS processing to get what you show?

I ask as I was trying these variations with dark red glass filter last week.

Shot in color, then did orange b&w conversion (red & yellow channels upped up).
I have not played with built-in filters in camera in a while because i remember disappointment when you look in RAW and it still colour

So i figured that its pointless anyway, as information is lost (as in Bayer's pattern), no matter what - may as well carry them in colour, then i can custom convert better, if i need to.

However i did this with film on Acros too sometime ago and i loved results. Basically if you want to have glamourous look - red filter or orange filter and soft lens/filter combination will do whole lot for you.
But - it doesnt work on X-ray (obvious reasons) and also people tend to not fully look like what they expect of themselves, so it could be a bit confusing for them

**SergeiR** · 19-Sep-2016, 09:28

Comes to think about it - may be lack of ability to use red/orange filter for portraits is only thing i truly miss when working on X-ray and lith film

**Tin Can** · 19-Sep-2016, 10:58

Makes sense to always shoot digital in color.

Thx!

Originally Posted by SergeiR

Shot in color, then did orange b&w conversion (red & yellow channels upped up).
I have not played with built-in filters in camera in a while because i remember disappointment when you look in RAW and it still colour

So i figured that its pointless anyway, as information is lost (as in Bayer's pattern), no matter what - may as well carry them in colour, then i can custom convert better, if i need to.

However i did this with film on Acros too sometime ago and i loved results. Basically if you want to have glamourous look - red filter or orange filter and soft lens/filter combination will do whole lot for you.
But - it doesnt work on X-ray (obvious reasons) and also people tend to not fully look like what they expect of themselves, so it could be a bit confusing for them