Our local architecture is for the most part uninspiring but there is a treasure in a nearby town---a little church celebrating 100 years built of locally quarried stone which is dark gray in color. I'm wondering if any special filtration would be useful in marking the surface more interesting. My first instinct is to use (maybe) an 8 (or 16 if neccesary) to restore the sky but in this case I don't think I'd want the sky competing with the contrast of the building (which is pretty contrasty as it is with it's lightcolored mortar and dark stone.) I'll be shooting B&W---I've got some TMY in the freezer but I think I've got a few holders loaded with FP-4+ left over from a previous shoot that I'd like to finish off. Any thoughts or suggestions? I'll have to shoot in the late afternoon to avoid shooting into the sun plus I'd like to shoot the stained glass windows in color film which brings up another issue----I don't work with color sheet film! I'll have to use a lab to develop the stuff. Am I better off using transparency or negative color given my lack of experience? The format I'll use for color will be 4x5 since I have a reducing back for the 'dorff. Any suggestion for a film giving accurate color rendition for stained glass? I suppose I could borrow my bride's digi but what fun would that be?
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