Mickey L. Guinn |
Using my Skylight Filter
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Jon Close |
Are you referring to your photo, "The Wall"? If so I don't think the filter had anything to do with it. It's simply overexposed. The area under the eave that's in deep shadow has been exposed well, but that leaves the very brightly lit foreground overexposed. There's just too much contrast difference between the two areas. This can be worked around by exposing for the bright area and using fill flash or a reflector to lighten the shaded area. With a static subject like this and digital you can instead combine two images, one exposed for the bright foreground and the other for the items in shadow.
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Christopher A. Vedros |
Mickey, I'm stumped. The the only skylight filter I've heard of is the skylight 1A, which is basically just clear glass. What's the 7mm refer to?
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Michael H. Cothran |
Mickey & Chris - Actually, the Skylight 1A is not a "clear" filter. If you lay a Skylight 1A filter on a white sheet of paper, you'll note that it is slightly "pink," and is meant to compensate for the bluish cast in higher altitudes. Obscure as they are, there are Skylight 1B's and 1C's, sequentially more dense. That said, the skylight filter really serves no purpose other than very slight haze control and lens protection. I would not even bother using one unless there was danger of damaging the front of my prime lens. The pink DOES change the hue, but so little as to really be unnoticeable.
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Mickey L. Guinn |
I did have a typo , it's a Hoya 77mm Skylight filter not 7mm. Thanks so much for the information, & the advice, I'll put it to good use. Have a great day .
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