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[BroMiCs]

mmmmm..... polerizer.... so nice....so expensive

[Marko]

Awesome landscape photographer Dawrin Wiggett did a podcast with us on polarizers and neutral density filters.

It's a really great podcast if i do say so myself and I recommend you take a listen.

77 – Neutral density filters – Graduated neutral density filters – Interview with D. Wiggett | Photography podcast - photography blog - Photography.ca

best!
Marko

[squirl033]

BroMic, you might look into ReDynaMix, as well. it's a cheap ($16 USD) downloadable plug-in for Photoshop that simulates HDR using a single exposure. i took the liberty of editing your original pic using it... spent all of about a minute on it, obviously with a more careful edit it would look even better. but this will give you an idea of what it can do..

[squirl033]

or you could try graduated neutral density filters. they worked back in film days and they work now. makes you more aware of your exposures and how little things create big differences in your photos.

they do indeed. if you have no other filters in your bag, a grad ND and a polarizer are the absolute essentials...

[BroMiCs]

I have a UV filter. It came in a package with my camera bag and extra battery. I did some reading about filters and cheap ones may cause problems. I guess it depends on the coatings... Not really sure what the UV filter does... helps keep the lens clean though i guess...

redynamix... looks interesting. I downloaded a trial of lightroom yesterday ... I am pretty blown away by that program. Its a litte confusing at first but I think I could get the hang of it.

Thanks for all the tips guys!!!

[squirl033]

I have a UV filter. It came in a package with my camera bag and extra battery. I did some reading about filters and cheap ones may cause problems. I guess it depends on the coatings... Not really sure what the UV filter does... helps keep the lens clean though i guess...

redynamix... looks interesting. I downloaded a trial of lightroom yesterday ... I am pretty blown away by that program. Its a litte confusing at first but I think I could get the hang of it.

Thanks for all the tips guys!!!

a UV filter doesn't do a lot in terms of the image... some of them may impart a very slight warming cast to the light, and some can help to slightly reduce haze, but most people - myself included - keep them on the lens at all times to protect the glass. if something untoward should happen, i'd much rather replace a $40 filter than an expensive lens...

[BroMiCs]

Yea, thats kinda what i thought, Thats why I keep it on..
thanks for the info