B+W 58mm Yellow-Orange 040 Single Coated Filter

The yellow-orange filter 040 has an even more powerful effect than the dark yellow filter, because blue is filtered almost completely and green is also attenuated. A cloudy sky becomes dramatic to threatening. Skin shades are brightened, plant green darkened. Particularly the yellow-orange filter 040 is therefore very popular for nude outdoor shots  because it renders the skin-tone brighter against the darker vegetation for better contours.

The effect of this filter is quite powerful. It darkens violet and blue very strongly, green strongly, it even darkens yellow-green a bit. Landscape- and architectural photographs have an increased, virtually “graphic” contrast, clouds in the sky already look dramatic. Because skin tones are strongly lightened in relation to the green tones of plants, this is a favored filter for nude photography outdoors, because it raises the contrast between the lighter bodies and darker landscapes. Its filter factor is approximately 4.