Re: PHOTO: film for accurate blues
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] PHOTO: film for accurate blues
- From: J* J*
- Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 06:58:26 -0700
laurief wrote:
> One of the most glaring problems, however, is accurate blue
> rendition. I've tried Kodak and Fuji films, but all I ever seem to
> end
> up with are blue and near-blue irises that turn out lavender-purple on
>
> film. Of course, this may be as much the fault of the mass market
> labs I
> use as it is the film, but I wonder if there's a specific film you can
>
> recommend for shooting bluish irises in the garden under natural
> light.
I hope that Katherine will have a comment, but I remember a previous
discussion about this problem with a solution using a particular filter
on one brand of film.Can't remember what the filter number was but I am
sure it is in the archives.
Of course you still have the processing problems and the innaccuracy of
the scanner and video display comming into play if you pare generating
them for computer use.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
________________________________________________
For your Iris gift needs, visit the AIS Gift Shop at:
http://www.AISGiftShop.com
USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Fremont, California, USA
Visit my website at:
http://usjoneses.com
Vice Chairman, Region 14 of the AIS
Director, American Iris Society
Chairman, AIS Committee for Electronic Member Services
Subscribe to iris-talk at:
http://yahoogroups.com/subscribe/iris-talk
Archives at: http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-talk/
Subscribe to iris-photos at:
http://yahoogroups.com/subscribe/iris-photos
Archives at:http://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/
________________________________________________
Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
