 Ben F |
BLUE skies!! Hey all just a quicky, Ive been having mixed results using Velvia 50 trying to achieve those REALLY blue skies!!! ... Anyone got any tips they can share? I have been keeping the sun behind me, but I still cant seem to get it to go the really dark blue color.. Ive heard ppl say you should rate Velvia 50 at 40 and even 32, would this make a difference? Im guessing time of day is important too, but I have seen pics from velvia all throughout the day and look dark blue. Thanks for any help, im desperate to get rid of the pale blue skies, and I love the look of the deep blue especially when theres clouds, makes them jump right out at you!! :P
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Kerry L. Walker |
If you rate the film at a lower ISO, you will compound the problem in the sky as you will be overexposing even more. I'm not saying you shouldn't change the ISO; just saying it won't help that problem. You need to use a split ND filter as the number of stops between the reading off the sky and the reading off the ground is too great for the film to handle (the latitude for slide films is very narrow). A split neutral density filter will allow you to get the reading off the sky much closer to that of the ground.
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Ben F |
Kerry, thanks heaps for your reply. Only problem is filters are not really an option for me, cause I use a rangefinder camera :((..
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Andrew Laverghetta |
I've used a Canon Rebel GII for a slide photo class where I only used Velvia 100F, sometimes I used 50 but not as often. I usually got some pretty good blue skys but they weren't as deeply saturated unless a polarizer filter. I thought you could use a polarizer on rangefinders? Maybe not all or maybe I just don't know. I did get some pretty good pictures when I didn't use the polarizer as well. I think I don't believe I used any fancy metering techniques for it though. My best pictures with the saturation were taken when the sun was still visible. If the sun is setting or something and you try to meter off the landscape, your skies probably will be blown out at least some. I just normally frame the picture, press the shutter button halfway to meter and then take the shot. I think sometimes if you slightly underexpose film, colors will be slightly more saturated but I'm not sure about slide film.
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Kerry L. Walker |
Actually, a polarizer is really not that hard to use with a rangefinder. You just have to look through the polarizer and get the look you want before you put it on the lens and then make sure the filter is placed on the lens is the same position. You can also use a ND filter in the same way but you may have to adjust it and shoot several shots to make sure you had it where you wanted it.
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