Re: snow

[Andrew Davidhazy <andpph@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Willem-Jan Markerink wrote:

> On  2 Dec 98 at 16:35, Claudio Mori wrote:
>
> > can someone tell me what happens if I shoot the snow with an EIR film? I
> > mean: the white of the snow remains white or not?
>
> It remains white, when used with a #12 medium-yellow.
> Gives a much nicer color palette than in summer, less overwhelming
> red-dominance, and the white contrasts nicely with red foliage/trees,
> something that would in summer be red grass below red foliage/trees,
> ie neither contrast nor disctinction.
> Not sure what happens with other filters....keep in mind that both
> HIE and EIR are UV-sensitive as well (even more so than they are for
> IR!), and snow reflects a lot of UV....

Willem-Jan,

While it may be true that snow reflects a lot of UV when the EIR film is used
properly and with the yellow filter over the camera lens, litle or no UV
should be falling on the film. No?

Andy
andpph@xxxxxxx

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