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Tiffen 77mm 21 Orange Filter B&W Photography

Enhance Your Black and White Photography with the Tiffen 77mm Orange #21 Filter The Tiffen 77mm #21 Orange Filter is an essential tool for black and white photographers looking to create dramatic contrast and tonal separation. This filter is designed to absorb blue and blue-green colors, resultin...

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Overview

Enhance Your Black and White Photography with the Tiffen 77mm Orange #21 Filter

The Tiffen 77mm #21 Orange Filter is an essential tool for black and white photographers looking to create dramatic contrast and tonal separation. This filter is designed to absorb blue and blue-green colors, resulting in darker blues in landscapes and marine scenes.

Specifications:

  • Brand: Tiffen
  • Model: 77OR21
  • Filter Type: Orange #21
  • Filter Diameter: 77mm
  • Material: Optical Glass
  • Effect: Contrast Enhancement in Black and White Photography
  • Best Use: Landscape, Marine, Aerial Photography
  • Color Absorption: Absorbs Blue and Blue-Green

Key Features

Enhance Black & White Impact - Create stronger contrast and improved tonal separation in black-and-white photography. The Tiffen #21 Orange Filter helps define clouds, landscapes, architecture, and distant subjects, delivering greater depth and visual drama.

Classic Orange Filter Effect – Designed to absorb blue and blue-green wavelengths, helping darken skies, enhance cloud detail, and create stronger contrast throughout black and white images while maintaining optical clarity. Compared to a #16 Orange Filter, the#21 Orange Filter delivers a stronger contrast effect with deeper sky darkening and greater tonal separation, making it ideal for photographers seeking a more dramatic monochrome look.

Ideal For Landscape, Marine & Aerial Photography – Capture richer skies, better definition in distant scenery, and more dramatic water tones when shooting outdoors, making everyday scenes appear more striking and expressive.

Balanced Contrast For Creative Control – Stronger than a yellow filter yet more versatile than a red filter, making the #21 Orange Filter a favorite choice for photographers seeking bold contrast without an overly dramatic effect.

TRUSTED TIFFEN QUALITY | MADE IN NEW YORK – Built with high-quality optical glass mounted in a durable metal filter ring, this screw-in filter installs quickly and securely for reliable performance in the field. Manufactured in New York using Tiffen's precision ColorCore technology, photographers have relied on Tiffen filters for generations to deliver consistent image quality and dependable creative results.

Specifications

Filter Type
21 Orange Filter
Diameter
77mm
Technology
ColorCore Technology
Application
Black & White Photography
Key Effect
Boosts B&W Contrast, Darkens Blue Tones
Ideal Use
Outdoor Photography (Landscape, Marine, Aerial)

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this filter is to boost contrast in black and white photography, dramatically increasing tonal separation for more defined monochrome images.
The filter absorbs blue and blue-green light, which results in darker skies, water, and other blue atmospheric elements, adding depth to your black and white images.
This Tiffen 77mm 21 Orange Filter is specifically designed for black and white photography and its effects are primarily beneficial in monochrome applications.
It is ideal for outdoor photography, including landscape, marine, and aerial shooting applications, where enhancing contrast and darkening skies is desired.
ColorCore Technology refers to the precision-laminated optical glass construction, which is designed to ensure consistent color accuracy and durability for the filter.