Some gold/blue Circ Pol samples
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I recently acquired this CP, for me it a break from the norm in so much as I often caution against stuff that won’t be used alot. To me it’s going to be a once in awhile, in the right circumstance goto filter. However it’s potential is worth it, after having viewed as many images as I could and just my own short playing with it.
In my short time I know Im going to fall in love with it. The downside is it doesn’t get along with digital at all. What you see through the CP if holding it up before you (recomended to visualise shot)and what you see through the view finder when composing are two extremely different things from what you get on your card and DL the image. You either do alot of post work removing a god awful strong mangenta cast, or you do a pre shot custom white balance.
Thus far I’ve yet to really be able to put it to test. Nothig great to point it at, and light was kind of ….bleh.. Hopefully I can remedy this weekend as I have tentative plans to visit a nice picturesque creek that happens to hold some browns and brookies.
What differentiates this CP from other CPs is rather than removing glare as any other CP, it turns those areas of any given scene that contain polarised light into blues or golds.. Its easy to overdo as your about to see but Im sure with some imagination its potential can be visualised.
Anyways, enough rambling.
Couple shots at dawn the other day.ISO 640 f4 1/800th, sun at my back
Turn 90 degrees, so im facing into the rising sun, turn the CP and
David when I’m out this weekend I’ll try to get shots with/without and also with a standard CP. As is I took the dog for a walk after dinner and ripped off a few.
no filter, very poor flat light
ISO 800 f3.5
maximum blue polarization
maximum gold
It was Darwin Wiggets blogs that convinved me to go for it. Had long thought about it, got scared off, and wasn’t sure if I’d be able to overcome the digital problems.
Pretty sure I can now, I can get rid of the magenta, (or most anyways), mainly just need a few hundred shots to familiarise myself with it’s quirks and to learn when it will pay dividends. Tonight was a good example, normally I wouldnt even point my camera at anything, but even in the failing light of an overcast night, it still made that mud puddle come alive.. I can’t wait to have this on me in some late afternoon light.
Wow, I like that gold effect – might be cool for a model shot or the like outdoors with flash.
Not sure on the blue, but no doubt, there’s situations where it would rock.
Maybe you should try it on stuff without sky, it might be interesting with
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