CPL on a dark day
Apr 13, 2019 11:15:37 #
SuperFly48
Loc: NE ILLINOIS
It was a damp, chilly and very overcast day Wednesday, so I decided to go photo op hunting. Left the CPL on purposely; set the camera to Monochrome with the red filter activated. A few of the shots captured. Later that afternoon I used a 6 stop ND filter at another location but that's a topic for another post.
Apr 13, 2019 12:45:20 #
SuperFly48 wrote:
It was a damp, chilly and very overcast day Wednesday, so I decided to go photo op hunting. Left the CPL on purposely; set the camera to Monochrome with the red filter activated. A few of the shots captured. Later that afternoon I used a 6 stop ND filter at another location but that's a topic for another post.
Compositions are nice but the images are too dark. I know there's hidden detail that you could bring out by raising exposure 1 - 1½ stops or selective graduated/radial filters and opening up shadows.
Apr 13, 2019 16:39:55 #
amfoto1
Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA
Using a CPL on a cloudy/overcast day is a GOOD thing. The white of the clouds reflects off foliage and other stuff, desaturating colors. The CPL fixes that.
Personally I never set a camera to monochrome mode or apply digital filter effects in-camera. I love B&W, but prefer to do my conversions in post-processing where I have far more precise control over it.
Personally I never set a camera to monochrome mode or apply digital filter effects in-camera. I love B&W, but prefer to do my conversions in post-processing where I have far more precise control over it.
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