whats your favorite filter ?

removed account4 · Jul 16, 2011

yeah i know it seems like an open question,
but whats your favorite filter ?

i'm not much for dark reds, or uv or yellows or oranges
but i do like shooting through dirty windows
plastic wrap, and fluids ...

whats your fav ?

richard ide · Jul 16, 2011

Coffee?

Ken Nadvornick · Jul 16, 2011

CP60M...

Because it removed enough excess green from my old set of Aristo VCL tubes to give my enlarger a full range of contrast settings from 0 through 5 with the simple twist of a dial.

Ken

Jeff Kubach · Jul 17, 2011

Polarizer.

Jeff

2F/2F · Jul 17, 2011

Wratten #11 (Hoya XO), and 80A (because I use hot lamps).

tony lockerbie · Jul 17, 2011

Probably yellow-green, don't mind the odd bit of orange though.

Wade D · Jul 17, 2011

The polarizer is my favorite also.

Athiril · Jul 17, 2011

85A on C-41 film in heavy overcast or in forests.

2F/2F · Jul 17, 2011

Athiril said:
85A on C-41 film in heavy overcast or in forests.

This looks great. I do the same too, since I shoot a lot in canyons. But I think mine is just an 85, with no A. I also use this filter with an 82B, which cools it by about 300K, and requires an added 1/3 stop over the 85 alone. Sometimes if there is a lot of sun streaming into the shot, the 85 alone makes it too warm for my taste.

Mick Fagan · Jul 17, 2011

Orange. or yellow/green.

Carl V · Jul 17, 2011

Being purely a shooter in black & white, I'd say yellow and orange.

André E.C. · Jul 17, 2011

There's always a medium yellow on my optics, I also use orange here and there.

André

coigach · Jul 17, 2011

Since I shoot b+w slides, my 3 stop ND Grad is used a lot to stop skies burning out.

I also often use a yellow filter too for a little more ooommph...!

Rick A · Jul 17, 2011

Number 3 contrast on my enlarger. Oh, and I keep a yellow filter on my OM-1, I only shoot b&w with it.

kondensor1 · Jul 17, 2011

Heliopan Infrared 780 for Efke IR 820 Aura

Athiril · Jul 17, 2011

2F/2F said:
This looks great. I do the same too, since I shoot a lot in canyons. But I think mine is just an 85, with no A. I also use this filter with an 82B, which cools it by about 300K, and requires an added 1/3 stop over the 85 alone. Sometimes if there is a lot of sun streaming into the shot, the 85 alone makes it too warm for my taste.

I compared two shots, both balanced to the same colour, exposure compensated for with the filter, same colour, but more vibrant on the 85A

Ian Grant · Jul 17, 2011

The only filter I tend to use is Green.

Ian

Jeff Kubach · Jul 17, 2011

I forgot to mention I use a yellow for B&W.

Jeff

keithwms · Jul 17, 2011

#87. With rollei IR or superpan.

Sirius Glass · Jul 17, 2011

1) The filter that improves the composition just before the photograph is taken.
2) Polarizer

David Brown · Jul 17, 2011

CGW · Jul 17, 2011

Cokin #173 Blue/Yellow polarizer with E100GX for gorgeously unreal Windex blue skies at higher latitudes.

Klainmeister · Jul 17, 2011

UV filters.....because they protect all my glass

georg16nik · Jul 17, 2011

Yellow

polyglot · Jul 17, 2011

CPL or R72, otherwise Red #25.

Why yes, I like the drama.

whats your favorite filter ?

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