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I was out taking photos yesterday and took this:
I'm a fan of photos that don't need retouching - I much prefer to take a good photo and like it for what it is. (Ok, I've not started learning Photoshop, that's the real excuse
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I was told by a friend of mine that a Hoya filter is good when taking skyline type shots like the one I took - is this true or is it a bit of a fib?
If it's true - where's good to get them from (that's priced well)?
I'm a fan of photos that don't need retouching - I much prefer to take a good photo and like it for what it is. (Ok, I've not started learning Photoshop, that's the real excuse
)I was told by a friend of mine that a Hoya filter is good when taking skyline type shots like the one I took - is this true or is it a bit of a fib?
If it's true - where's good to get them from (that's priced well)?
4hero said:
I'm guessing your friend meant circular polariser or nd grad, hoya is just the brand. Look at the sky, then put a pair of shades on, see the difference? Same as a polariser 
LOL Never thought of describing it like that before neal, im sure you didnt mean it in jest but made me take the laptop for a little swim in tea!In short, a grad will allow for you to hold back the exposure in the sky which stops that burning out (being to light) in the final image, compared to the foreground (lower portion).
Polariser works to cut down reflections and will work to make a blue sky bluer. This tends to make a difference to saturation overall.
However, if you are shooting JPEG, you might want to crank the in-camera saturation up a little bit. A polariser wouldn't have helped much with the cloudy sky, but with a grad and a little more saturation your image would look more like this:
But you can do all that when you've learnt how to use PS or whatever anyway.....
(The sloping horizon can be cured by standing up straight )
Polariser works to cut down reflections and will work to make a blue sky bluer. This tends to make a difference to saturation overall.
However, if you are shooting JPEG, you might want to crank the in-camera saturation up a little bit. A polariser wouldn't have helped much with the cloudy sky, but with a grad and a little more saturation your image would look more like this:
But you can do all that when you've learnt how to use PS or whatever anyway.....
(The sloping horizon can be cured by standing up straight
)beano500 said:
In short, a grad will allow for you to hold back the exposure in the sky which stops that burning out (being to light) in the final image, compared to the foreground (lower portion).
Polariser works to cut down reflections and will work to make a blue sky bluer. This tends to make a difference to saturation overall.
However, if you are shooting JPEG, you might want to crank the in-camera saturation up a little bit. A polariser wouldn't have helped much with the cloudy sky, but with a grad and a little more saturation your image would look more like this:
But you can do all that when you've learnt how to use PS or whatever anyway.....
(The sloping horizon can be cured by standing up straight )
I'm still learning how to use the camera (D40) to be honest but that looks rather good - thanks Polariser works to cut down reflections and will work to make a blue sky bluer. This tends to make a difference to saturation overall.
However, if you are shooting JPEG, you might want to crank the in-camera saturation up a little bit. A polariser wouldn't have helped much with the cloudy sky, but with a grad and a little more saturation your image would look more like this:
But you can do all that when you've learnt how to use PS or whatever anyway.....
(The sloping horizon can be cured by standing up straight
) - The camera manual is long and I'm like a three year old and have no patience As for the sloping - it seems to be an affliction of mine because all my photos lean no matter what I do!
james_tigerwoods said:
I'm still learning how to use the camera (D40) to be honest but that looks rather good - thanks - The camera manual is long and I'm like a three year old and have no patience
You might find the Nikonians forum useful to pick up tips and information then..... - The camera manual is long and I'm like a three year old and have no patience james_tigerwoods said:
As for the sloping - it seems to be an affliction of mine because all my photos lean no matter what I do!
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james_tigerwoods said:
As for the sloping - it seems to be an affliction of mine because all my photos lean no matter what I do!
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Bigdrift said:
james_tigerwoods said:
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