Article · The Darkroom Photo Lab
A Guide to Color Filters with B&W Film
By The Darkroom Photo Lab
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2021
About this lesson
Covers what yellow, orange, red and green filters do to skies, foliage and portraits when shooting black and white film, with exposure-compensation stops for each filter and metering advice for cameras without through-the-lens filter compensation.
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