Another example of the power of a circular polarized filter.

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Getting information on the Internet can sometimes be very frustrating, especially when it is something that one would consider simple. So anyway’s, here is an example of a circular polarized filter in action. This picture has only been Auto Leveled in Photoshop.

I purchased a used Sigma 50-500mm f/4.0 to f/6.3 Super Telephoto lens. The official designation is as follows "50-500mm F4-6.3 EX DG/HSM. I really wanted a looooong range lens for events, like the Strathmore Stampede and air show I wanted to attend. Best way to put it, big and heavy! But here is something important here, the range. In the picture I used two lenses. the Sigma 50-500mm and Sigma 10-20mm to show off the entire range that I now have. I included the 200mm to show the maximum range of the Nikon 18-200VR lens and the 50mm is there to show the widest the 50-500mm can get.

Enjoy!

Henry J.

With Jamie and Mike getting their cameras, my interest in more technical photography was aroused. A new trend of High Dynamic Range photography has taken off. HDR has been around for almost ten years now, but has taken off recently with easy to use software and the wide use of digital cameras. The concept is you take a number of photographs, each with a different exposure setting. You begin with the ideal picture, lets say at 1/8 sec, then you would take one at 1/60 sec and one at 1/2 sec. This will give you a wider range of colours and tones then you could get by just taking one image.

1/60 sec	1/8 sec	1/2 sec

One of the most important things is to keep the camera very still for these! I took a total of 12 images for this as this was my first experience, from the 12 I chose these three images, plugged them into my HDR software and here is the result.

This technique is very useful for taking pictures inside churches and anytime you wish to take a picture in an environment where you have a bright light in a dark room, like stained glass windows, or from doorways facing outside. I look forward to testing this in November!

{edit September 30}
Today I did two more pictures with HDR.

{edit October 05}
Today I did one more picture with HDR.