great article, thank you.
IvanF - what situations do you apply the circular polarizer?
I don't like this image that I took at Multnomah Falls, WA with my Nikon D7000, 18-105mm kit lens for many reasons, I was just fooling around shooting prior to setting up the camera properly for the setting, but what's the green dot from? I took others without cleaning the lens in between and there's no green dot in those, so, i don't think it was dirt.
thanks to everyone who responded and discussed, i learned a lot
Jeffrey
I'm also curious why they come in different shapes, some with cut outs, some solid?
thanks, and do you use it when shooting with the sun behind you?
The first one is my favorite, thanks for sharing them.
What does a lens hood do and why is it so important indoors and outdoors, thank you.
thank you, and so you use the hoods even indoors and whether or not using an external flash unit? I know you said "always", but....
do you ever take the time to remove the UV before applying the polarizing filter?
Please tell us about the bee shot! how did you shoot that? What lens is that with and did you do anything to it afterwards? thanks
Do you usually remove the polarizing filter when taking photos indoors? The camera shop guy told me it was like "sunglasses for the camera".
Thank you.
I'm a beginner and I've read that 85mm is a good lens length for portraiture. I only have an 18-105mm zoom Nikon kit lens. I'm wondering if using that lens at 85mm+ and positioning myself for good framing will produce the same result? I understand the auto-focus time may be slower than a prime lens. Thank you.