AlfredU Loc: Mooresville, NC

Yes, very carefully poke your finger inside the lens shade until you feel the edge of your filter. With a little practice, you can rotate the filter without removing the lens hood. It takes practice to do this without putting finger prints all over your filter. The other alternative is of course, to remove the hood, adjust the filter and replace the hood. It's worth a little practice to poke your finger in there.

CamB Loc: Juneau, Alaska

Be careful with this. The maximum setting is not always (or even often) the best. This goes for leaves in the forest as well as sky and clouds. When you are fiddling with filters I would take the lens hood off unless it is really needed. One thing at a time.
...Cam

banders26 Loc: Illinois

Who manufactured the filter?

KTJohnson Loc: Northern Michigan

You haven't had the time to test this idea? It may have taken you all of 30 seconds to try it out on the spot.

The guy gave you a good tip, notwithstanding all the advice given here.

gompfer

When trying to reduce the glare on vegetation, I have found that not all the glare can be reduced evenly. You may have to select an area in the "main subject" area or one that is pleasing to you. Also reducing glare on vegetation works best on cloudy days and also if there is moisture on the vegetation. If you are shooting in bright sunlight with no moisture on the vegetation the effect will be minimal.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

If you elevate the camera straight up, adjust the cp to produce the darkest blue sky, then lower the angle back down tomyour shooting ampngle, you will surely be in the ballpark for best results. It becomes then a simple matter to fine tune the angle of the cpl. The pro not far off base.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

I am pretty sure that he is right.

Blurryeyed Loc: NC Mountains.

Many newer OEM hoods have a door to make that adjustment, maybe look into it, otherwise just take the hood off. You should not have to be making constant adjustments to your polarizer, set it and replace the hood.

rbmitch123

Thank you.

jwohlhueter

I'm sorry about posting a negative response, but you were not sure what to do, a professional photographer walks up to you, gives you a suggestion and you don't try it on the spot? Am I missing something here?

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Being skeptical is good. He meant good but was off. It depends on the angle of reflection off the leaves which may or may not be the same angle as the polarization of the sky. If you are shooting with a mirrorless camera and not setting the polarization while in manual mode, there is a chance that you will be driven insane by trying to determine that polarization. Set the camera to manaul mode for polarization and watch the reflection off the majority of the leaves for maximum polarization. The mirrorless metering systems, in any other mode, do too good a job of averaging the highlights and shadows such that the exposure value change tends to "hide" the reflective change. It can be done in other modes, but it is much more difficult to detect the change in reflectance. Also, set your manaul mode close to your other mode's exposure so when you switch back to the mode you want to shoot in, it is not that far off such that it blinds you or is too dark to see.