Note: Tiffen provides various softening filters. Several of them are
essentially nylon netting (stocking?) sandwiched between two plates of
glass. I have two. One is black netting, the other is (sort of) gold
netting.
Regards,
Bob...
Give blood. Play hockey.
From: "Treena Harp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I haven't yet had occasion to try this myself, but I've heard of numerous
> techniques that can provide good results without having to resort to
buying
> an expensive specialty filter. One involves a thin coat of vaseline on a
> skylight filter (leaving a clear spot somewhere so you can have the
> face/eyes sharp, or you could do the same thing with a spritz of hair
spray.
> I've also seen it highly recommended to stretch a piece of black tulle
(fine
> netting found at fabric stores) over the lens. Black is supposed to better
> than white because it provides softening without the flare white netting
> supposedly gives. Like I said, I haven't had a chance to try any of these,
> but they might provide you with interesting results for not a lot of cash.
>
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > I am doing a few portraits next weekend
> > and decided to use a softener for a few
> > of the shots.
> > Is there a distributor in Australia that
> > stocks this. I have tried several outlets
> > put have been told "we can get them in for
> > you some time in 2/3/4 weeks.
> > Apparently they need to bulk order and my
> > single request does not carry any weight.
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