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Re: [OM] Film for photographing icebergs

Subject: Re: [OM] Film for photographing icebergs
From: "Bernd Moeller" <dsl33687a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:52:47 +0100
Hi Roger,

> Are you intending to shoot any monochrome? 

Yes, I do. I'm now so much into BW that I certainly would like to take another 
camera body with me (also for being safe).

 On the only occasion so far
> that I've photographed icebergs, in Iceland (appropriately enough), I
> found that the heavy skies and dim light left me with fairly
> unremarkable colour efforts, but with some Ilford XP-2 I got some shots
> I was much more satisfied with.  Example here (with digital toning done
> after the scan):
> 
> http://www.worldtraveller.f9.co.uk/photo/photos/jokulsarlon.jpg

What a great shot! If there are only icebergs and the dramatic sky around, a 
monochrome shot is just great. I'd like to take a yellow filter or so with me 
to enhance sky tones. 

Bernd


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