Snow scene had a blue cast

[one90guy]

We had snow back on the 10th, the next morning I was up at sunup to get a few shots before it melted. Due to yard, tree line the sun was almost directly behind me, with the house providing shadow. Other than a few closeups the pictures had a blue cast to them. Should I have used filter or? Film Kodack color 200 asa. All comments welcome.
Thanks David

[another view]

Color negative film, as in print (not slide) film? If this is the case, then it isn't so much about a filter as it is about having it printed correctly. If you have your film processed by a decent place (a step up from a whatever-Mart or one-hour place), then they should re-do it for you. I have to wonder if it's due to a lack of experience with snow in Texas!

Technically, it would be correct to use a waring filter since light in shadow is a lot "cooler" than sunlight, which is how film is calibrated. This would make your negative a little better when exact color is critical, but color correction happens at time of printing too.

[one90guy]

The closest pro camera shop is about 40 miles south of me, my next rolls will go there. I had not considered that the problem could be in the development end. Might be a long time before our next snow storm:lol:
Thanks David

[one90guy]

Oops, yes I was shooting color print.
David

[Greg McCary]

Make sure the film is not expired as well. Old film or film that has not been stored in a cool place can cause color shifts too. But more than likely AV is right. I get some strange stuff back from W-M from time to time.

[another view]

I had not considered that the problem could be in the development end.

The developing of the film is probably fine (I don't see any reason to think otherwise) but it's the printing of the negative that needs some help. As I understand it, the machines auto-correct and as we know auto-anything doesn't always give us what we want. So, you should be able to take that negative to a good lab and have them print it as you want.