How to get sunglasses effect?

[preferredfault]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

If there is an ND filter suggested, I'd really like one that will produce sharp results...none of that optical plastic stuff.

 

[Alex Permit]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

If there is an ND filter suggested, I'd really like one that will produce sharp results...none of that optical plastic stuff.

What kind of sunglasses? Are they polarized? Tinted? If tinted, what color?

You could try a polarizing filter. You may also like something called a "color intensifying filter", also known as a Didymium filter. It filters out the yellow-orange portion of the spectrum from about 575nm to 600nm. It increases the color saturation in the red-orange area of the spectrum while not adding an over-all color shift to the photo. Finally, there are "warming" filters. A warming filter gives your scene a slight orange tint. The most popular warming filters are those in the "81" series, which consists of the 81A, 81B, and 81C filters in ascending order of strength.

There are also combination filters. Here is a list.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/sear...combinations_2322|w-intensifying&N=4026728357

You could also just buy a polarizing filter and post process colors to taste. Most editing software has filters or plugins that mimic color intensifying and warming filers.

 

[Tom Axford]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

I suggest you try taking a shot through your sunglasses (it will probably not be sharp, but that doesn't matter) and compare it to a normal shot of the same scene. If you do this in raw, you should be able to work out the colour shifts needed in processing to emulate the colour balance of your sunglasses.

It's probably necessary to repeat this a few times to make sure you get reasonably consistent results.

 

[petrochemist]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

If there is an ND filter suggested, I'd really like one that will produce sharp results...none of that optical plastic stuff.

If it's color shifts you're interested in ND filters are not the right thing to use, they are supposed to avoid changes in color.

If the sunglasses are polariod ones a CPL will give the same effect if rotated appropriately. This controls many reflections & boosts the color from reflective leaves etc. by reducing surface reflections.If your lens is small enough in diameter you can shoot through sunglasses for this - I had to rely on this when in New zealand when all my filters were the far side of the world, the results on the compact camera I'd taken were quite good.

If it's just a tint than playing with white balance options (or hue type controls in post might be sufficient to mimic the effect. On AWB cameras will often correct for colored filters that would have this sort of effect.

 

[Mick353]

Shoot through your sun glasses

even better use the above with a colour checker

up the exposure obviously some..

Then remove shoot and use whatever tool to colour match.. It'll pick up the cast also

problem solved

 

[Ellis Vener]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

If there is an ND filter suggested, I'd really like one that will produce sharp results...none of that optical plastic stuff.

You might need to combine an enhancing filter like this one https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/57034-REG/Tiffen_77EF1_77mm_Enhancing_Filter.html#) with a polarizing filter.

 

[BBbuilder467]

I wear sunglasses a lot and I often enjoy how the world looks through sunglasses. I'm trying to figure out how to recreate this effect either digitally through a filter, or through a physical filter. ND filters might reduce light, but I don't want to just reduce light, I want the whole color shifts that come with how things look through sunglasses. Any suggestions?

If there is an ND filter suggested, I'd really like one that will produce sharp results...none of that optical plastic stuff.

The Hoya Moose's CPL/81a was the first to combine the warming effect with a polarizer. I've had one for years.

If you're a hiker, that's probably the effect you are after, but you have to learn how to use it and when "not" to. It also might affect the exposure by as much as 4 1/2 stops.