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From: "Kelvin Ang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: April 11, 2001 8:12 AM
Subject: Help: Black and White Photography - Filters
> I'm interesting in trying out black and white
> photography, particularly in portraits. Somehow, the
> contrast isn't good enough... I heard that using red
> and yellow filters do help in bringing out contrast.
> Any ideas?
>
> I'm using a 50mm f1.4 and Tri-X Pan film. Thinking of
> adding a 2x teleconvertor to the 50mm 'cos it's too
> short.
Thats quite the email address. The yellow filter is a good
choice for general purpose B&W. The easiest way to bump the
contrast is to increase development time. Try about 20% longer
to start.
Tri-X is not my favourite film for portraits. Kodaks's Plux-X or
Ilford FP-4+ have a much nicer skin tone value IMO. The 50mm 1.4
with 2X converter should give a nice portrait combination.
William Robb
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