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Black and White Filters I am interested in taking black and white photos of nature scenes. Is there a neutral filter I could look at my scene through to give me an idea what the various objects in the scene to see what it will look like with regards to contrast, gray density, etc? thanks
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John A. Lind |
John, In his book, "The Negative," Ansel Adams recommends looking through a Wratten #90 "viewing filter" to evaluate how the relative gray densities of a scene will appear in B/W. He also recommends it be used alone, without any added neutral density provided in some viewing filters. A "viewing filter" for making these B/W evaluations should be held in front of the eye only for short periods. The eye (brain) will adjust and its effect at helping visualize the gray densities will diminish the longer one looks through it. If necessary, look through it several times at different parts of the scene with a short pause between viewings. -- John
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