Landscape Photo in B/W
Karl Jacobs
> Hi...
>
> I just wonder what are the things to consider when taking a landscape
> picture?
Landscape in B/W, hmmmm....
First I would say that line/form becomes much more important. You
composition (or lack thereof) will be more obvious in b/w than in color.
Same goes for lighting. b/w emphasises all other aspects of your image. It
is easier to get a decent color landscape than a decent b/w one.
If you are having trouble seeing images in b/w, try looking through an
orange or light red filter while you are shooting. It will give you a
better idea of what you might get.
Hope this helps,
Karl
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x...@bahnhof.se
Jacobs) wrote:
> If you are having trouble seeing images in b/w, try looking through an
> orange or light red filter while you are shooting. It will give you a
> better idea of what you might get.
A strong green filter works OK too. But basically, you learn by doing. Be on
the lookout for good atmospheric lighting. Backlighting is a classical way of
adding interest, but watch out for reflexes and flare! Filters in the yellow--
orange--red series cut of increasing amounts of blue and green very sharply,
and give good sky effects. But through-lens metering will not be reliable.
This is no problem, really. BW film can take quite a bit of overexposure if
you develop sensibly, so just add a safety margin. Also, colored filters do not
work on overcast days, except on subjects with vivid hues--and there you
might not want your grey-scale distorted.
Lars Bergquist
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so bear with me)
Ming-Jui Liao
>In article <kj-071195...@rothko.aero.org>, k...@rothko.aero.org (Karl
>Jacobs) wrote:
>
>> If you are having trouble seeing images in b/w, try looking through an
>> orange or light red filter while you are shooting. It will give you a
>> better idea of what you might get.
>
>A strong green filter works OK too. But basically, you learn by doing. Be on
>the lookout for good atmospheric lighting. Backlighting is a classical way of
>adding interest, but watch out for reflexes and flare! Filters in the yellow--
>orange--red series cut of increasing amounts of blue and green very sharply,
>and give good sky effects. But through-lens metering will not be reliable.
>This is no problem, really. BW film can take quite a bit of overexposure if
>you develop sensibly, so just add a safety margin. Also, colored filters do not
>work on overcast days, except on subjects with vivid hues--and there you
>might not want your grey-scale distorted.
>
Thanks for everyone who answered my question...
I will be shooting starting tomorrow... If anything good comes up, I will
share it with you.
SNowlocK