Filters - Effects
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Enhancing Creates brighter, more saturated reds, browns and oranges with minimal effect to other colors. Ideal for fall foliage, earthtone rock formations, rustic barns, etc.
Star Filters Achieve dazzling star effects from any direct or reflected point light source. Add sparkle to water scenes, candle flames, product shots and more.
In subtle gray or white sky conditions, a minimal color grad strength can go a long way toward effectively adding color. A deep blue sky can accept quite a bit of added color from a grad filter to provide a range of exciting effects. However, grad filters with colors that are complimentary to blue - such as yellow, tobacco or coral - should be used carefully, as they can combine with the blue sky and darken it too much or turn it brown. Graduated Color filters are part clear and part color. They are designed to be used in professional matte boxes, so that they are readily positioned at the exact angle required to create desired effects. Used primarily to add color to part of a scene where color may be weak or absent, Graduated Color filters can also be used for color effects which contribute to the cinematic drama of a scene. There are two versions of Graduated Color filters: soft-edge and hard-edge. Typically the soft-edge filter is used with wide to medium-angle lenses because these lenses have a greater depth of field. This is often the filter of choice when shooting irregular horizons or city skylines. The hard-edge filter is preferred for use with telephoto lenses or when a bold transition is preferred. Samples Of Graduated Colours
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Sunsets Nature in all her splendid glory ends the day by dipping the sun behind the horizon. Her spectacular colourations can be heart stopping. Our minds become filled with more colour than we can absorb, reminding us it's days end and tomorrow will start anew. Sometimes we demand more than nature provides and that's why Harrison designed the Sunset effect. Placing the brilliant coloured Sunset Effect in front of the taking lens of your image recording system and poitioning the colours in relationship to the scene, the added colour enhancements will help beautify what Mother Nature has provided. Non-existent Sunsets can be creared by this method. Sunrises To recapture the mood, Harrison has designed the Sunrise effect. The filter can be manufactured in various colour such as Pink, Scarlet Red and Yellow-Orange. For best results, the sky should be overcast with a low light level an no harsh shadows. Exposure is read through the effect with enhancement of colour obtained by closing down the lens stop. Misty Morning As the rays of the sun warms mother earth, early on cold frosty mornings, a mist raise off the dew covered ground forming a single line of misty fog. Autumn is in the air. The Misty Morn effect creates this autumn feeling when used on a camera in a low contrast situation. Being a stripe fog effect different procedures in shooting must be employed. When positioning the effect that is to be photographed, the control of the misty fog stripe is maintain using lens stops. The larger the aperture opening the wider the strip effect. The smaller the aperture opening the narrower the strip effect. Correct exposure is obtained by shutter speed after the "width strip" has been determined. Crystal Diffussion `The purpose of a diffusion is to soften hardness, a condition exaggerated through optics in reducing and capturing images on film or tape. Diffusion filters minimize the hardness by spreading our compressed pictures, and enlarging and rounding subject edges. Carried to far and under certain contrast situations, enlarged rounded subject edges will flare to a white unnatural distracting blur. Crystal diffusions do not have uniform surfaces; such as those produced by grinding, etching, mold impressions, etc. Heterogeneous light from a subject, passing through a uniform diffused medium, in itself becomes uniform. The concentrated light from a contrast area of a scene, when passing through a uniform diffused medium is broken up fragmented and becomes flared. Crystal diffusions reduce hardness by delivering a fine overall, velvetlike softness to an image while retaining delicate picture details. Since flare is reduced, recorded pictures are more natural, and look closer to the original subject as seen by the naked eye. Exposure compensation is not required, however results can be varied by recording stocks, exposure and processing. Harrison Crystal Diffusions are available in seven grades. CD-1/4, CD-1/2, CD-1, CD-2, CD-3, CD-4, CD-5 and in all sizes. The unique crystal look is another tool for serious cameramen to consider. |
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