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Filters Hi. My name is Daniel Osborne. I live in Adelaide, South Australia. Firstly I would like to congratulate the creators of this site. It has provided much inspiration and motivation for me. I have a Canon EOS 300 with a 28-90. I guess I should say I am very much a beginner and have only taken 300 odd shots with my new SLR. I am after opinions from 'the great ones' on my direction in amatuer photography. I am working on a limited budget and have only got the camera, lens, a tripod and remote control and have just bought I couple of filters. OK OK your wondering what the question is. Well I feel as though I need to settle into the type of photography that first inspired me. Culture and the people that create it. And capturing their richness in B & W images. Second to this is a general interst in landscapes. I want to know if the filters I have purchased will be of any use as it is hard to find good advice at the local developer. I bought a HAMA Pol Circular to bring out the colour and feeling in my landscapes and a HOYA Yellow and Green (XO)to enhance my B & W people photograhy. Have I made the right choice in my first two filters considering what I want to do? Secondly the Pol Circ has a knob to rotate the filter. What does this do? I cannot find any markings or graduations to set it in a particular place if that is what it is used for. Please excuse my ignorance. What are the advantages of the Yellow/Green(XO)in B&W? Are there limitations. Sorry its so long, dont feel you need to answer it all! What a wonderful adventure photography is! My creative side has been dying to come out and I hope to discover it through capturing beautiful B & W images of people and landscapes. All tips welcolmed. Thanks for your time. Daniel.
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Jeff S. Kennedy |
"Have I made the right choice in my first two filters considering what I want to do?" - Yes, a polarizing filter is one of the handiest to have. Not only will it enhance colors it will help to darken skies and remove glare from reflective surfaces (except metal ones). The yellow and green can be useful in b&w as well. "Secondly the Pol Circ has a knob to rotate the filter. What does this do?" - You rotate the filter to adjust the amount of polarization. You will be able to see, for instance, the sky darken as you rotate it. Remember that polarizers work best at 90 degree angles to the sun so you will see their effects more that way than when shooting into or directly away from the sun. "What are the advantages of the Yellow/Green(XO)in B&W?" - Yellow filters are handy for adding detail to a blue sky. B&W film is proportianately more sensitive to blue light than other colors so blues tend to record as very light shades on b&w film. Yellow helps to filter out some of the blue to make it appear darker. An Orange filter will give you a stronger effect and red even stronger. Green filters are handy when you shoot foliage. The green will make greens in your scene record lighter. Recently I was shooting in a canyon and there were trees in front of the canyon wall. The trees and the wall, though not the same color, were the same tone and I knew they would record in b&w as the same shade of gray. To get separation between the trees and the wall I used a green filter. Read all you can and take lots of pictures. Good luck.
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John A. Lind |
I've also used a Yellow #6 for portraiture as it can create a more natural skin tone in gray scale. Admittedly it's a matter of preference . . . watch hair and eye color if using any B/W filter for portraiture. It can throw that off if it's near the same color as the filter. A blue #47 can be used for an "orthochromatic" effect emulating very old B/W films by enhancing the blue (nearly all are "panchromatic" now). I've uploaded one for which I used this filter. Note that the sky is completely washed out. -- John
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