Hi Don,
Really colorful and lovely shots. Very well composed. Brings back
memories. My father taught at the Navel Post Graduate School there
in the 50's and 60's and I spent my childhood growing up in the
woods on Jack's Peak…sigh. I am learning to use a circular
polarizer too and wondered a about a couple of things. One, what
brand are you using? And two, did you leave the filter on all the
time and just put it in the "neutral" position if you didn't want
the effect, or did you take it on and off all the time? Did you
just use it for water shots or anything else? Thanks,
Lory
The filter is an inexpensive Quantaray that I picked up at the
local camera store ($35). Throughtout the day, I was taking the
filter off and putting it on, not just turning it such that the
effect was nullified. My general conclusion after looking at the
pairs of shots was that in general, the filter did more harm than
good. True, it did enhance some of the water shots a lot but at
the price of increased noise in the blue sky.
I will keep the filter but use it sparingly. I also found that,
all other things held constant, the shutter speed at a given f-stop
was divided by 3 or 4 with the filter on. It kind of makes the
effective ASA 20 or 30 from 80. Bummer. I hear that the expensive
CP filters allow more light through.
Hope this helps,
Don
