Heading Out to Sea

[Brian Moore]

Lately when shooting I've felt the need to show big sky. I took this shot with my Canon T70 and Arista EDU 400 film. (Which I believe is re-branded Foma.) I used a yellow Y2 filter. (Not accustomed to using filters--never owned any before last week.)

I had the T70 on auto mode for this shot, as I do for many. In other words, I let the camera determine the exposure values.

The camera tends to underexpose the non-sky part. I guess I'll have to get more actively involved in exposure values with this camera in such scenes.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

I do love what the Y2 does to skies Brian - they typically have filter factor of 2, so a one-stop increase in exposure on the camera is a good place to start.

Or you could go all out and get a 3 stop ND grad to add to the Y2 - balancing the skies and foreground - the never ending joy of filters!

 

[Brian Moore]

I would think the camera's TTL metering would adjust for the filter factor automatically. Shouldn't it?

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Depends on the camera and also the film being used - some exposure meters don't see the yellow well and fail to adjust exposure correctly, and each film reacts differently two the yellow filter effect.

If you compare camera exposure values with and without the filter, you should expect to see a full one stop difference - you might need to add some EV correction to get to the perfect exposure adjustment for your camera.

Then you'll have to make notes based on the various films you use, depending how they react to the Y2.

Worth the effort as you've seen, as the tonal range you get is improved with just this one filter. I ended up using it all the time with the Ilford I shot a while back.

 

[Brian Moore]

Much appreciated. Thanks, Chris.

 

[Beth Carter]

i kinda like the darker foreground, that and the grain give it a moody feel.

 

[Brian Moore]

i kinda like the darker foreground, that and the grain give it a moody feel.

Thanks Beth. Much appreciated.

 

[Pete Askew]

Another fine shot Brian and it has a similar feel to the last of the onshore surfers' images you posted. Very, 'scene from a film' if you see what I mean.

 

[Brian Moore]

Another fine shot Brian and it has a similar feel to the last of the onshore surfers' images you posted. Very, 'scene from a film' if you see what I mean.

Thanks, Pete. Much appreciated.