{"id":57,"date":"2008-07-14T12:43:34","date_gmt":"2008-07-14T16:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/wordpress\/?p=57"},"modified":"2008-07-14T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2008-07-14T16:43:34","slug":"i-use-3-filters-polarizer-nd-ir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/57\/i-use-3-filters-polarizer-nd-ir\/","title":{"rendered":"I Use – 3 Filters \/ Polarizer, ND, IR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBecause it offers so many more options, digital imaging may change the way you use your tools.
\nFor instance, I use only 3 filters – a circular polarizer, a neutral density filter, and a infrared filter.
\nNo other filter is as useful to me as a polarizer. Polarizers remove glare making colors more saturated and reflections allowing you to reduce or remove images on the surface of reflective surfaces. No software filter can do this. I use Canon’s circular polarizer. Whenever possible, I prefer to match filters to the manufacturer of the lens,
\nI’ve been experimenting with long exposures. Singh Ray<\/a> makes a unique neutral density filter – the Vari-ND filter. Rotate it and you can slow reduce light between 2 and 8 stops. This eliminates the need to carry multiple filters and to stack them during exposure. It’s fantastic. (As an aside, I prefer all graduated filtration to be done with software because you can control both the effect and the graduation precisely.)
\nFor infrared imagery I use an infrared filter. It’s not exactly the same as converting a camera to infrared, but it’s closer than simulating IR effects with software and it’s doesn’t permanently change your camera. I prefer to carry as little equipment as possible, move freely, and take long walks. Because I prefer to keep my options open, many times I will shoot in full color and use software to create an IR effect. If you take both a full color and IR filtered exposure of the same subject you have many more options.
\nI demonstrate these kinds of techniques in all of my field workshops.
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