i've been wanting to try red filter with b/w chromo film, to get nice dark
skies (hah! in so cali? not likely, but london, yes) contrasting the
clouds, etc. now, i'm thinking i could just save myself a stop or two of
light loss by shooting it straight, and then once the film is scanned,
desaturate, and then play with the red level slider to get the same affect.
have i gone nutter or would this actually work? that way, i have an
original exposure scan, and i can see what it would look like with red or
yellow or orange filters on screen, keep it if it looks good, or just go
back to the original, and not have to worry about loosing light at exposure
time. you londoners, if you're reading this, please tell me that you chaps
have nice blue skies and puffy white clouds! for the sake of simplicity and
my like for nicely done b/w, it looks like i'll pack only kodak portra
400bw (i've decided on that vs xp2 super since i hear the former scans
better).. if anyone has OM pics taken with 400bw, would love to see!
thanks.
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