Brown glasses filter….

• jaybee

  Participant

  January 12, 2011 at 9:32 am

  okay so… if any of you have ever worn sunglasses with brown lenses, you’ll know that they give an effect which I have found very difficult to replicate on camera…

  while they warm everything up a bit they also make greens pop like nobodies business!!

  81 series filters are too orangy/pink…

  none of the photoshop tools / methods quite match….

  I know its unusual, but I just wonder if anyone has had any success/ found an alternative filter…???
  The Fine Print

  Member

  January 14, 2011 at 12:16 pm

  Assuming your white-balance is not on AUTO and your lens isn’t too big in diameter…nothing wrong with putting your sunnies in front of the lens either:) – A “warming polarizer” can be close in effect, too.
  jaybee

  Participant

  January 14, 2011 at 7:34 pm

  unfortunately I dont treat my sunnies with the same respect as my lenses!! and the aul 77mm can be hard to cover with sunnies!!
  The Fine Print

  Member

  January 19, 2011 at 10:59 am

  …then look perhaps into finding a gel filter; amongst many others they come in 4×4″ and large roll sizes and can be cheap. Combine them with a polarizer for that “sunnies” look if Photoshop doesn’t do it for you (can’t see why not though (except for the Polarizer effect which can’t be post-produced).

  There are basically two types of gels: One is for studio lighting, one for on-camera use; BUT for experiments, you can quite easily get away with using the cheaper lighting ones, they’re almost as good if you buy quality ones (e.g. Lee, Kodak,….) and can’t find on-camera gels.

  Then there is stuff like e.g. that:
  http://cgi.ebay.ie/tobacco-Color-Brown-Filter-Cokin-P-series-/170463203910?pt=UK_CamerasPhoto_CameraAccessories_CameraLensesFilters_JN&hash=item27b0661246″ onclick=”window.open(this.href);return false;
  BM

  Participant

  February 17, 2011 at 6:05 pm

  Have you tried a tobacco filter? I used to have one for a Cokin P system and it produced interesting results (on film).
  jaybee

  Participant

  February 19, 2011 at 9:17 am

  I have… It doesn’t quite have the same effect for some reason….

  It could be that the brain does things to the information that a camera just can’t do….
  stewart kenny

  Member

  February 19, 2011 at 1:33 pm

  i used to use 4×5 c41 film that was blank and unexposed and then processed to create this effect, instant cheap gel filter.

  hope this helps

  stew