[ Post New Message | Post Reply to this One | Send Private Email to Matt Keller | Help ]

Tiffen Dark Blue #47 - Any Experiences?

from Matt Keller (matt_keller@hotmail.com)
I have searched around for some threads on this but haven't come across any answers. So, here goes: I am interested in exploring more b&w portraiture with Kodak 400CN as I found, for an amateur like myself, the "real" b&w films and their development to be too expensive. Not to mention I have only a little darkroom experience, which means typically exorbitant prices for "custom" prints. Anyway...

I'd like to take some pictures of my male friends and achieve that pseudo-Hurrell, Herb Ritts look -- you know, swarthy skin tones and all. I'm satisfied using a green filter on the ladies. I was wondering, before I take the plunge and buy a 72mm Tiffen #47 dark blue, if anyone had any experience with the filter, specifically in shooting these type of portraits. Is there a better B+W filter?

(posted 8736 days ago)

[ Previous | Next ]