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johnc79 Member Joined: 18 Nov 2003 No. of posts: 34  View other posts by johnc79 |
Posted: 13 Apr 2009 Hello everyone, Just a quick one, would buying a Polarizing Filter benifit me in herp photography, native or indoors in reptile houses? Thank you for reading John |
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tim-f Senior Member Joined: 13 Apr 2008 No. of posts: 60  View other posts by tim-f |
Posted: 14 Apr 2009 Hello John, In my non-expert opinion ... ... maybe. Polarizing filters can potentially be used to reduce reflections. In the wild, this could give more intense colours in the subject on a very sunny day. I would say that there are much more important factors you need to get right before seeing any tangible benefit from a polarizing filter. In reptile houses, the subjects are presumably behind glass, and the filter could be used to reduce the reflections from the glass. However, you'll lose about 2 stops of light, so you'll need a slower shutter speed/wider aperture/faster ISO. Hope this helps. Tim.
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DrDom Member Joined: 13 Jul 2005 No. of posts: 14  View other posts by DrDom |
Posted: 16 Apr 2009 John I'd echo Tim's comments, polarisers can be used to remove some reflected highlights off shiny reptiles when it's sunny and help increase the colour saturation - but it's one more thing to get right (you have to rotate the filter to the right angle) and as Tim points out you lose at least half your light. If you have an autofocus camera you'll need a circular polariser - this refers to the type - not the shape! See: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/camera-lens-filte rs.htm HTH Dominic Dominic Tantram - Guildford Surrey Amphibian & Reptile Group (SARG) |
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Caleb Forum Coordinator Joined: 17 Feb 2003 No. of posts: 448 View other posts by Caleb |
Posted: 20 Apr 2009 Polarizing filters can come in very handy for reducing reflections from water when taking photos of amphibians... |
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