found an old red filter in one of my camera bags today and thoguht i’d try it out with the remainign film in the camera. For a while now i’ve been wondering what differences it can make to black and white photography, i decided to shoot two identical shots to see the difference with and without the filter (i was looking for ways to finish the roll off, haha)
I have to say i was quite surprised by the boost in contrast it gives. I never imagined it’d be that much.
The example shots below probably didnt have the best subject matter or setting to see the full advantage of a red filter but i took some photos afterwards that really benefited from it (will post them later).
I think a red filter will be living on my camera most of the time now.
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pretty damn cool
How many stops of light does the filter eat up? Also do you allow for the filter in your exposure? Enjoying your photos.
Hi mate, i think this filter would be around 2 or 3 stops. These test shots were actually using the same exposure settings, i was just interested in what it’d do as i’ve never used a filter before.
I used the filter for this shot also, just metered normally. Im glad you like some of my shots, thanks for checking them out