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#486 2007-08-07 01:07 GMT |
This is a question for all you that have taken pictures of the beautiful landscapes with those bright blue skies. What are you using? I bought a polarizing filter and my skies are still not that brilliant in color.
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#958 2007-09-13 12:47 GMT |
Gradual B2 should work.
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#959 2007-09-13 18:06 GMT |
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dave92706 :
Gradual B2 should work.
Nikaroo asked for help not for slogans
i too have a problem getting beutiful landscape pics especially when there is
little light. The colors are not rich and deep as they look when u look at the scene
with your eyes until now i have not used filters mainly because they are 3rd
party filters not canons or nikons.I also would like to know how people get
deep colors of the landscape when there is no enough light i see a lot of excellent pics on the net yet i can not take like them
in the end i say a great photo begins in the your eye you see great things and you like to photograph them
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#967 2007-09-15 07:28 GMT |
there's a cheap solution worth trying..
In digital photography, the translucent Pringles can lid can be used to "white balance" digital cameras. The lid is held over the lens and a photo is taken.The result is a whitish blur that is a diffuse image of the ambient light and its color temperature. The Pringles lid photo is then used to set the camera's manual white balance temperature, so that subsequent photos taken in the same light will have more accurate color reproduction.
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#978 2007-09-17 02:35 GMT |
Azeem, I wasn't making a joke. A gradual B2 filter is a blue filter that has blue on the top half of the filter and clear on the bottom. Therefore, it adds blue to the sky and renders the rest of the photo as it is. Cokin makes this filter and I have used it many times with good results. Since your focus is usually in the center of the frame, meter light from the center of the frame. The sky will appear darker because of the addition of blue from the filter. The problem with changing the white balance is that it affects everything in the frame on a digital camera. If you don't believe me try it yourself. Look through the viewfinder and if your DSLR has a white balance button that's accessible, push it from each white balance option and see how the frame looks. If you shoot manually , then close the aperature down to let less light into the lens which will darken the entire frame . Again that's not good for foreground details which will be lost, but the sky will be darker. Gradual filters make a lot of sense and as easy to use.Dave92706
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#979 2007-09-17 02:45 GMT |
The discussion on whether or not enhancing a photo using filters or other optical trickery has been a hot subject for as long as I can remember photographing.With the invention of photoshop and digital media you better get use to the notion that it's here to stay whether your for it or against it. Being in the right place at the right time of day is something most people haven't time for unless your on vacation or retired. The other problem in landscape photography is dealing with other people at popular places when shooting seriously . Dave92706
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#983 2007-09-17 11:11 GMT |
I, personally, would prefer to use filters and other "up front" strategies for getting great photos out of the camera as opposed to shooting "as is" and then spending large amounts of time in Photoshop.
The computer and software are 'necessary evils' in my photography.
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#984 2007-09-17 11:12 GMT |
P.S. Dave - I think that Azeem mistook your signature line as part of your response to the original question. 
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#986 2007-09-17 15:26 GMT |
Private Idaho, Yeah, I thought so too. Its ok, I'm a mellow dude. No offense taken. I don't mind helping people out. I do this all day long via PC and phone with my 9-5.
Dave92706
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#987 2007-09-17 23:36 GMT |
Dave, I can tell from your intelligent posts that you help people for a living. The forum here will be a better place if you stick around - that is for sure.
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#988 2007-09-18 01:44 GMT |
thanks dave for not considering it as an offense although i did not mean to at the begining it was only my opinion when i thought that your answer was your signature but written words can not tell what someone means because u are not hearing him.u seem like an old professional photographer and i want to ask u for your opinion about something i read on the net.on a website called kenrockwell.com the photographer who is a Nikon guy said that in the digital cameras we only need 2 filters neutral density and polarizing filters so what do u think, and the problem i have especially with night sky photography is that the real sceane has more deep concentrated colors than what appears on the camera i tried to use photoshop but with no sucsess.
thanks again
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#990 2007-09-18 21:08 GMT |
Thanks Azeem, I work for a large international company in which its like the United Nations . We have so many people from different corners of the world that you need to have tolerance for one another. With that said, technically Mr. Ken Rockwell is more or less correct. A polarizer filter can darken or lighten a sky or make a reflection in water disappear. Used correctly both filters can add or take away details in the sky. Neutral density filters can highlight little light and dark spots so more impact can be seen in the final shot. With computer enhancements to the digital formatted photo, you can use the contrast feature in most photoshop programs to really change the way a photo can look. At the same time you can play with brightness of the photo to even things out to give your photos a more natural lighting.Photography use to be all about the reflection of lighted objects and still is. The methods have changed nowadays and have gone from using films, chemicals,photopaper,etc, to doing this electronically. I'm for saving the planet from harmful chemicals so digital photography is A OK with me. I have played with photoshop and several other photo programs for some time now. Some results have been really good and some after spending hours to make a decent photo from garbage resulted in garbage.Digital photography may not be for everyone. Some people are purists and say film is the only true method for photography. I'm ok with that but I'm also a techno kind of guy who believes in learning as much as possible about all methods of image creation . So just as you are trying to learn the "How To" stuff for making a great photo, I'm trying to better my abilities as well. I may consider myself a pro photographer and after many, many years doing it , I'm still learning something new all the time.If you have a question on the "How To stuff" , go ahead and ask away. I'll try to answer your questions honestly and to the best of my ability but there are many more people in cyberland that are better at it than myself.DaveFinkelstein
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