Not a dumb question. Get a filter to match the diameter of your lens, which appears around the outer end of your lens: the one I'm looking at says 72mm and I'm glad someone else purchased this filter. Some companies (Cokin?) make a bracket system with square filters that fit a variety of lenses.
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POolarizing filters are not a bad idea. I usually have one on the camera lense as added protection against lense damage. Filters aren't cheap until you compare it with the lense they're with. Then they are
if you don't have one use this trip as an excuse to get one.
Will you need it in Monument Valley - no - but you might wish you had it.
Recommend: Hoya HMC around $40 @ 52mm and worth every cent.
dont want to sound dumb(although probably am), but how do you know what size to get?, how do you know what sizes your different lens are?, will the same filter that fits a 50mm 1.8, also fit a 55-200mm 3.5-4.5?
Will there be sky? clouds? foliage? any type of reflection or glare? I know the answers, and yes, a circular polarizing filter can be your best friend.
I lived and worked there in the 80's. I used to four wheel up to the peak from Bernillio. All things considered, I think New Mexico is the best kept secret in the US. I hope to retire there.Thanks for the memories. Ken
Hey, can you keep it quiet about the best kept secret?
This is absolutely lovely! I have a photo of my Borzoi when she was about this age, in a pile with her littermates, recognizable to me only by her colors. They should spend their entire lives feeling so cared for. So should we all!
I liked the silhouette sign the most of your shots.
Thank you- that one is also my favorite. It draws me closer to my maker.
I've got a photo of a similar silhouette; in this case the sadness comes from the raging wildfire visible in the mountains a few miles beyond: 300,000 acres of wilderness and National Forest gobbled up. That's 465 square miles. A lot of homeless animals. I'm sorry but I don't think this drought will be over next year.
I rarely use flash because I'm terrible with it so here's what I do: I set the camera to automatic or program or whatever works for you, then take a reading with the lens almost right against the flower, so that its brightness fills the frame. I use the suggested setting as my manual setting and recompose the photo. The background often does come out almost black. Amateurish cheating it may be, but over the years it has worked for me.