I finally went out and bought a pretty good Cir-Polarizing Filter(Hoya HMC) yesterday for one of my many Bday Presents haha(finally got a badass tripod, no more plastic tripod!! lol). It's crazy how basically the EXACT same picture can change just by a filter... These pics are untouched in pshop coloring wise so you can see the real difference

I know these aren't exactly what i'm gunna see the biggest differences, but it was right outside my apartment, and Im lazy lol...


Without filter:


With:



There is alot more color in the green and in the surrounding areas!! I definately can't wait for a track day where I will really be able to notice the difference in this filter:banana:

 

Those shots are at slightly different angles and that in and of itself could be the reason they look different. The way the camera meters the scene can be very different with a slight change in angle. What metering and focusing mode are you using?

Do you have any idea what a Circular Polarizer is for? And aren't you the same person that gave me crap for using one? Don't expect great results with panning shots with that filter either, unless you can pan the camera and rotate the filter at the same time.

Try using it for landscapes that include sky with the sun to your right or left, they work best with the light source at a 90 degree angle to the lens element. It is also very useful in removing reflections from non metalic objects (windows, water...) and will reduce reflections on metalic objects.

While that filter is under warranty still, make sure the retainer spring that holds the 2 glass elements together is in good condition. The Hoya filters like to come apart when you least expect or want them to. The Hoya filters are also the hardest to clean and keep clean - I prefer to stick with B&W

 

seemed to work just fine for me.











im just gonna stop there.

 

Ya I realized that that wasn't the best way to test it. I don't really plan on using it much for the panning, as more for the still car shots to get rid of some of the glare. I got skills though i can pan and spin here is a better sample...


without:


with:


You can actually see out the window in the second one...





LOL, also I noticed that they get dirty ease when i BARELY grazed it with my finger and it left a fingerprint thank god for microfiber towells haha. Thanks for the tips Dz!

 

But you can't see the snowman!

And that brings us to the next question, why do you still have a snowman up?!

 

Right, the shots look good. But the polarizer did little or nothing for those drag racing shots and the pix you took from inside the car are not panning shots (my guess). I would assume the car you were in was more or less matching the speed of the car you were shooting, and if you had rotated the front filter element you would have been able to eliminate the windshield glare.

 

I wasn't really trying to take a picture of the snow man, I was just doing the window since it's right next to me.


LOL my friend gave it to me on my birthday this weekend, so I was like umm Double you tee eff am I going to do with this. So I set it up so it stares out the window across the ally way to my next door neighbors apartment... figured it would freak them out LOL

 

If you underexpose slightly, youll get the same results for free. ...dz has it down.

 

underexposing a shot won't get rid of glare...