playing with circular polariser

Seamus

I got a polariser filter before Christmas and have been experimenting with it :scratch

Taken today



Taken before Xmas:





I am going to have fun with this :rofl

wxwax

Nice work!

When I play with mine, I am continually frustrated by the difficulty in getting an even sky color. I realize it's all in the angles, but it does bug me.

Seamus

wxwax wrote:

Nice work!

When I play with mine, I am continually frustrated by the difficulty in getting an even sky color. I realize it's all in the angles, but it does bug me.

I did a search here before I bought it and try to be at right angles to the sun but it is still really hard to get an even colour , it is good fun tho : .

Phil U.

You've demonstrated one of the problems with using a polarizer on a wide-angle lens. With the short focal lengths you're capturing more of the sky from different angles. You end up with the polarizer treating light on one side of the image different from the other side.

But yes - in some situations a polarizer is indispensible. Keep playing!

Poindexter

Seamus wrote:

I really like the uneven affects the CP had on this image

Too bad that small sliver of a cloud is there.

gus

I have pretty well given it away with my 10-22 for landscapes mate as i get that effect way too much. Both that lens & my 400 prime are 77mm so now it lives on the 400 to blast the water glare i get from shooting surfers & windsurfers. It can really slow a 5.6 down in the late arvo though.

Seamus

Thanks for the advice guys , it's back to grey skies and rain so no filters needed atm

ridetwistyroads

Seamus wrote:

Thanks for the advice guys , it's back to grey skies and rain so no filters needed atm

CP's can work wonders in these conditions too - glare and reflections right off a city street or a leaf, if so desired.