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Filters for Black & white Film

In his black and white work Ansel Adams often used an orange filter with a polarizing screen – this what gave his skies their rich tone. Normal black and white film does not to reproduce blue with the same tonal contrast that we perceive with the human eye.

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A yellow filter brings it back to more like our perception and an orange enhances it even further.		mouse over for roll over image	mouse over for roll over image
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