Defense of the Reich

[Centurion3RTR]

You carry on Steve, interesting reading mate. Not happy though, i look for info only to find the aircraft was junked lol. But you'll be happy to know my model will be keepin it's wings.

Graham, sorry but i have just had to Google "Panchromatic film" to find out what you was on about. But now i know, i just click and hope for the best.

Thanks for the 5 stars Tony, tenner is in the post.

Have fun, John

[spanner570]

Like Tony I have been South 'til the butter melted (should 'ave stayed at home, it's been hotter, hey ho!!)

John, haven't a clue what Graham was on about!lol What I do know is this build of yours is top dollar stuff, so much to see and all well painted....

BIG 6 from me!!!!! Gotta be worth twenty quid (cash)

Keep having fun,

Ron

[Guest]

Sorry guys. Panchromatic film (black and white) actually responds to colour thus giving it a wider range of tonal variation (shades of grey) than Orthochromatic (which doesn't respond to colour and has a limited tonal range).

The beauty of this for photographers is that they can manipulate the tonal range of a scene by using coloured filters in front of the lens at the time of shooting the picture. Any colour filter has the effect of lightening any object in the scene of the same colour and darkening the opposite colour on the colour wheel.

So, if you were taking a B&W picture of a field full of daisies and dandelions, white and yellow and you fitted a yellow filter, the yellow dandelions would appear as white as the daisies. However, if the field had a nice blue sky over it, the blue would appear slightly darker.

The three most common filters for landscape photography would be Yellow, mild effect but tends to boost contrast slightly, Orange which darkens blue skies a bit more than yellow and Red which darkens blues (and greens) more strongly. This enabled landscapes to appear more contrasty and dramatic with the blue sky and white clouds having greater contrast than without a filter.

Sometimes a light red filter was used in portrait photography to as any red blotches on the sitters face would appear lighter and less noticeable.

Here endeth my ramble and I apologise for hijacking a perfectly sensible thread with my waffling......

[Centurion3RTR]

No no no Graham, you've not hijacked matey, you're just give us some info. I kinda understand about the filters so thanks.

Have fun, John

[Ian M]

First off; John, what a wonderfull little sceen you have made there! Excellent work on both the dora and the vehicles! Five stars from me!

Graham. What does a green filter do?.... Used to do a bit of BW work but just cant think of what a green filter does.

Stona; I vote that you write an article on this Gerry ID thingiemewotsit. Sounds rather interresting, and you seem to have a handle on it!!

Ian M

[Centurion3RTR]

Thanks for the five stars Ian, i loved making this build thats why i'm going to get another aircraft in my stash. But i'll keep it simple next time though.

Have fun, John

[Guest]

hi john, loving this build and the paint work is flawless. it's such a clean,sharp dio.

[Centurion3RTR]

Thanks Bobby, very much appreciated bud.

Have fun, John