Dante_Stella
Rex canum cattorumque
I am headed out Saturday for a trip to the mountains of South America and wanted to get a read (preferably from someone who has done high altitude stuff - 10,000-14,000 feet) about the "blueness" of light. This is for black and white photography. Anything color will be with digital and easily addressed.
1. Would lighting conditions on a clear day would cause underexposure using a silicon-cell meter (such as in a camera) or a CdS cell (as in one of my MF lenses). I have experienced something like this in California in the desert at more moderate altitudes, but I was never able to pin down the exact cause (I also bracketed, so it was no big deal).
2. Do b/w contrast filters exhibit any exaggerated effects? For example, does a K2 become unusually strong?
3. Does an X0 filter generall suffice for foliage, or is there any value in bracketing with an X1?
Thanks!
Dante
1. Would lighting conditions on a clear day would cause underexposure using a silicon-cell meter (such as in a camera) or a CdS cell (as in one of my MF lenses). I have experienced something like this in California in the desert at more moderate altitudes, but I was never able to pin down the exact cause (I also bracketed, so it was no big deal).
2. Do b/w contrast filters exhibit any exaggerated effects? For example, does a K2 become unusually strong?
3. Does an X0 filter generall suffice for foliage, or is there any value in bracketing with an X1?
Thanks!
Dante
tstermitz
Well-known
Cool, you'll be there in Fall. The beech trees have versions that stay green or turn color. The wind blows like the dickens!
I can't address your questions about B&W exposure.
The books by Galen Rowell have a lot of information about mountain photography and dealing with light, but he talks mostly about color photography. Light does get very harsh at high altitudes when the sun is direct.
I can't address your questions about B&W exposure.
The books by Galen Rowell have a lot of information about mountain photography and dealing with light, but he talks mostly about color photography. Light does get very harsh at high altitudes when the sun is direct.
David_Manning
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A member of this forum, Peter Schön, is a world-class climber and a photographer. When he gets up high on the mountain, he puts a yellow filter on his Contax T3 for b&w (he's a film user...shoots M down low and Contax T3 on the mountain because he can shoot it with gloves on).