| October 21st, 2006 01:02 PM | |
 SJD
Joined: Sep 18, 2006
Posts: 73 | Filters
I had a couple of comments on one of my photos about wheather I used a filter. I have never used filters and would like to know more about them and when or when not to use them. Are these filters in color?? |
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| October 21st, 2006 07:47 PM | |
LVE
Joined: Aug 1, 2006
Posts: 827 | Skeeter
There are a gizillion! You absolutely must have a circular polarizing filter. Start with that! |
| October 21st, 2006 08:23 PM | |
andreyG
Joined: Sep 19, 2006
Posts: 391 | Re: Filters
Larry is right - polarizer is a must. The colors and clouds are more prominent with it, one thing - If you do not use top of the notch lenses - you can buy the cheapest on ebay - you can not see trhe difference between pro thin filters, and cheap chinese glass. I did back to back checks of sigma cheapy and $180 filter, - did not find big difference. another one is ND - neutral dencity - it permits you to shoot dinamic (light diversity) pictures with less distortion, and lower a shutter speed in the bright light, (waterfall pictures). the rest is not a necessity, but those 2 can not be done after the shot. |
| October 24th, 2006 03:16 PM | |
andreyG
Joined: Sep 19, 2006
Posts: 391 | linda
On B&W - orange is the necessity for clowds, can not do good without this, blue and (or) green - on the morning/sunset shots and in high reflection, light yellow for landscapes, and light blue instead of UV for general for high contrast. When I shot B&W, i think a had a backpack of filters and some semilucid materials, vazelines, colored plasticks and crystals from shandeliers. You can use almost everything in front of your lense, can say as much as you can eat. |
| October 25th, 2006 04:57 PM | |
LVE
Joined: Aug 1, 2006
Posts: 827 | Cheriperry
I think you miss the point here. The camera filters that are being referred to, are not at all like software filters. I shoot 60% of my shots with a circular polarizing filter. They are not very expensive and easy to use. Think about putting a pair of polarizing sunglasses in front of your lens, and wiggle it around a bit when you are looking in the viewfinder. They are the best all aroun. The only disadvantage, is the light. They for sure will drop you down a few F stops.
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| October 30th, 2006 01:02 PM | |
andreyG
Joined: Sep 19, 2006
Posts: 391 | soft
Different editing soft gives you different filters, there are color filters, there are special effect filters, filters that alter light, structure, pixelization, spetial artistic filters, but majority of effects could be done by simple manipulations, if you beegin too use any programm - just take tools one by one and play with all the controlls, understanding what it can do with your picture. |
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