{"id":1880,"date":"2011-11-07T16:17:12","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T07:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-11-07\/1880"},"modified":"2013-08-28T13:49:02","modified_gmt":"2013-08-28T04:49:02","slug":"heading-out-to-photograph-the-fall-foliage-dont-forget-the-polarizer-filter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2011-11-07\/1880","title":{"rendered":"Heading Out To Photograph The Fall Foliage? Don&#8217;t Forget The Polarizer Filter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<div class='resize_warning' id='arw1880'>\n<b>NOTE<\/b>: Images with an <img class='raw' width='19' height='18' src='\/i\/s\/red_zoomup.gif'\/> icon next to them have been artificially shrunk to better fit your screen; click the icon to restore them, in place, to their regular size.\n<\/div>\n\n\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\nfunction show1880(p, b, px, bx)\n{\n    document.getElementById(p ).style.visibility = \"visible\";\n    document.getElementById(px).style.visibility = \"hidden\";\n    document.getElementById(b ).style.borderColor = \"red\";\n    document.getElementById(bx).style.borderColor = \"gray\";\n}\n<\/script>\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_00' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046674\" href='\/i\/JF7_046674.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046674_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046674\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046674.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046674.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_01' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046673\" href='\/i\/JF7_046673.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046673_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046673\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046673.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046673.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_02' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_00\", \"t1880_02\", \"t1880_01\", \"t1880_03\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_03' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_01\", \"t1880_03\", \"t1880_00\", \"t1880_02\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div> <small>mouseover button to see that version<\/small>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_00\", \"t1880_02\", \"t1880_01\", \"t1880_03\");<\/script>\n\n\n<p>Since writing &#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2008-06-30\/852'><span class='nobr'>A Few<\/span> Polarization-Filter Examples<\/a>&#8221; several years ago, I've been meaning to do <span class='nobr'>a post<\/span>\non <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span> filter's effects when shooting fall foliage. Over the years I've mentioned some effect or other of <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span> filer on my blog\n(such as <a href='\/blog\/2008-06-13\/836'>here<\/a>,\n<a href='\/blog\/2008-10-03\/953'>here<\/a>, and\n<a href='\/blog\/2009-01-28\/1127'>here<\/a>), but I'm only now getting to filling in <span class='nobr'>a huge<\/span> deficiency of my 2007 post on\n<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2007-12-01\/649'>making the best of bright light in fall-color photography<\/a> by demonstrating how useful <span class='nobr'>a polarizing<\/span> filter can be when shooting foliage.<\/p>\n\n<p>While at <a href='\/blog\/2010-11-18\/1665'>the\nYoshiminedera Temple<\/a> south of Kyoto during various trips last year, <span class='nobr'>I did something<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I\ndo<\/span> often: snapped some pairs of shots with and without <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span>\nfilter. Today I'm doing something I <i>don't<\/i> often do: actually making use of them. <span class='nobr'>As I mentioned<\/span> last year in &#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2010-11-29\/1672'>Photo Shoot Among the Fall Colors at Shouzan<\/a>&#8221;, <span class='nobr'>I thought<\/span> I'd\nget around to this post soon, but <span class='nobr'>a year<\/span> later, finally, here we are.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_04' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046749\" href='\/i\/JF7_046749.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046749_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046749\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046749.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046749.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_05' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046750\" href='\/i\/JF7_046750.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046750_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046750\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>3200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046750.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046750.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_06' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_04\", \"t1880_06\", \"t1880_05\", \"t1880_07\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_07' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_05\", \"t1880_07\", \"t1880_04\", \"t1880_06\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_04\", \"t1880_06\", \"t1880_05\", \"t1880_07\");<\/script>\n\n<p>As you can see in these examples, colors can be much richer, and shiny reflections reduced. Before <span class='nobr'>I talk<\/span> about why, <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> mention <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> about how <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> these shots....<\/p>\n\n<p>First, <span class='nobr'>I should<\/span> have used <span class='nobr'>a tripod,<\/span> and perhaps sometime I'll go to that\ntrouble, but these were all snapped freehand. Most often I'd find the\nrotational angle of the polarizer filter that maximized the effect, then\nsnap <span class='nobr'>a shot,<\/span> quickly rotate it 90 degrees while trying not to move, and snap another shot. Later in Lightroom <span class='nobr'>I attempted<\/span> to compensate for slight\ncamera movement by adjust one crop or the other, but otherwise each pair has identical, default &#8220;just loaded into Lightroom&#8221; processing.\n(<span class='nobr'>I did<\/span> subject the photos to my standard treatment via\n<a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/bulk-develop'>my bulk-develop plugin<\/a>, but <span class='nobr'>I don't<\/span> think any of these photos would\nhave been affected by it.)<\/p>\n\n<p>So, to be clear, this means that the &#8220;without&#8221; is not really &#8220;without <span class='nobr'>a filter<\/span>&#8221;, but\n&#8220;with the filter at its least impact&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n<!--TECH-->\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent\" style=\"border: 2px solid #FF8080;\n            float: right;\n            padding: 0 1em 1em 1em;\n            margin: 10px 0 1em 1em;\n            display: inline;\">\n<p style='white-space: nowrap'><b>My Tech-Related Photography Posts<\/b><\/p>\n<ul style='margin:0; font-size:80%'>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/ipad-howto2'>My Lightroom-to-iPad Workflow<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/'>Lightroom Goodies<\/a> (lots of plugins)<\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/color-spaces-page1\/'>Digital Image Color Spaces<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/other-writings\/online-exif-image-data-viewer\/'>Online Exif (Image Data) Viewer<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/focus-chart\/'>Jeffrey's Autofocus Test Chart<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/calendar\/'>Photoshop Calendar-Template-Building Script<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/lightroom-goodies\/ipad-howto'>How to Prepare Photos for an iPad<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/photo-tech\/nef-compression\/'>A Qualitative Analysis of NEF Compression<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href='\/blog\/2007-08-24\/554'>Tripod Stability Tests<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style='font-size:85%; margin:10px 0 0 0'><a href=\"\/blog\/photo-tech\/\">more<\/a>...<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!--\/TECH-->\n\n\n<p>So, what's happening when we use <span class='nobr'>a polarizing<\/span> filter? <span class='nobr'>If light<\/span> is\npolarized for whatever reason, <span class='nobr'>a polarizing<\/span> filter blocks most of the\nlight, at least when the filter is rotated to &#8220;align&#8221; to the polarized\nlight. Most light is not polarized, so the filter does not block much of\nthat light, but some kinds of light are strongly polarized, and those can\nbe strongly blocked while, again, leaving other kinds of light mostly\nalone.<\/p>\n\n<p>Strong reflections from the sun on the leaves in the photo above cause the\nwhole &#8220;Without Polarizer&#8221; version to be washed out <span class='nobr'>a bit,<\/span> and each individual area of\nreflection is washed out considerably, towards pure white. <span class='nobr'>But for whatever<\/span> reason, those\nreflections are mostly polarized, so when <span class='nobr'>I use<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span> filter and\nrotate it to maximize the filtering of the reflections, the overall\ndynamic range of the scene is reduced to <span class='nobr'>a sweeter<\/span> spot for the camera\nsensor, resulting in richer colors and <span class='nobr'>a more<\/span> aesthetically-pleasing result. The non-polarized light is still there\nso we still see the leaves, but the blinding reflections are greatly\nreduced. <span class='nobr'>It's the same<\/span> effect for your eyes when you put on <span class='nobr'>a pair<\/span> of\npolarized sun glasses.<\/p>\n\n<p>(By the way, a polarizing filter would be better called a\n&#8220;polarized-light filter&#8221; because it filters that kind of light; the term\n&#8220;polarizing filter&#8221; sounds to me as if it somehow turns non-polarized light\ninto polarized light.)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_28' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046411\" href='\/i\/JF7_046411.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046411_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046411\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>4000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046411.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046411.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_29' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046412\" href='\/i\/JF7_046412.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046412_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046412\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>5000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046412.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046412.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_30' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_28\", \"t1880_30\", \"t1880_29\", \"t1880_31\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_31' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_29\", \"t1880_31\", \"t1880_28\", \"t1880_30\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_28\", \"t1880_30\", \"t1880_29\", \"t1880_31\");<\/script>\n\n\n<p>Light from a blue sky is often polarized, though it depends on the time\nof day and the direction you're facing relative to the sun. <span class='nobr'>In this case<\/span>, <span class='nobr'>a polarizing<\/span> filter\ntends to bring down the overall brightness of the sky relative to the rest\nof the scene, compressing the dynamic range, which allows <span class='nobr'>a deeper<\/span> blue.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>You can read on Wikipedia <a\nhref='http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polarized_light'>all about polarized\nlight<\/a> if you're interested in the physics behind it.<\/p>\n\n<p>Not all scenes are affected by <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span> filter. <span class='nobr'>You can test<\/span> the\neffect by holding the filter to your eye (have the part that would face the\nlens facing your eye) and rotating... you'll either see the effect clearly,\nor you won't. I've some experience using these under my belt, but I'm still\nnot very good at predicting which lights will be polarized, and the overall\neffect of using <span class='nobr'>a filter<\/span> on them. But luckily, it's easy to test and experiment\nwhile out and about, so <span class='nobr'>I generally<\/span> keep <span class='nobr'>a filter<\/span> or two in my camera bag.<\/p>\n\n<p>By the way, as a good test of your filter, try viewing <span class='nobr'>a smartphone<\/span>\nscreen through the filter and rotating... my old iPhone 3G's screen becomes\nperfectly black at certain angles, though my new iPhone 4s's screen merely\nshifts colors, <span class='nobr'>a technical<\/span> advance sure to be <span class='nobr'>a boon<\/span> to sunglasses-wearing\nphone users.<\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway,not all scenes look better with the filter. Both versions of the\nfollowing photo are uninteresting:<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_12' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"045015\" href='\/i\/JF7_045015.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_045015_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i045015\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_045015.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_045015.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_13' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"045016\" href='\/i\/JF7_045016.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_045016_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i045016\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 50mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_045016.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_045016.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_14' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_12\", \"t1880_14\", \"t1880_13\", \"t1880_15\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_15' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_13\", \"t1880_15\", \"t1880_12\", \"t1880_14\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_12\", \"t1880_14\", \"t1880_13\", \"t1880_15\");<\/script>\n\n<p>Consider the water reflections in &#8220;<a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2008-02-27\/750'>Snowy Gardens of the Heian Shrine<\/a>&#8221;... removing\nthem would destroy those shots, so it was definitely <span class='nobr'>a situation<\/span> where one would not want <span class='nobr'>a polarization<\/span> filter.<\/p>\n\n<p>Some more examples follow...<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_16' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046397\" href='\/i\/JF7_046397.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046397_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046397\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 280 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046397.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046397.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_17' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046398\" href='\/i\/JF7_046398.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046398_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046398\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046398.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046398.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_18' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_16\", \"t1880_18\", \"t1880_17\", \"t1880_19\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_19' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_17\", \"t1880_19\", \"t1880_16\", \"t1880_18\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_16\", \"t1880_18\", \"t1880_17\", \"t1880_19\");<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_20' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046401\" href='\/i\/JF7_046401.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046401_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046401\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046401.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046401.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_21' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046400\" href='\/i\/JF7_046400.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046400_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046400\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>800 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046400.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046400.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_22' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_20\", \"t1880_22\", \"t1880_21\", \"t1880_23\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_23' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_21\", \"t1880_23\", \"t1880_20\", \"t1880_22\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_20\", \"t1880_22\", \"t1880_21\", \"t1880_23\");<\/script>\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div id='t1880_24' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046403\" href='\/i\/JF7_046403.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046403_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046403\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046403.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046403.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_25' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046404\" href='\/i\/JF7_046404.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046404_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046404\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046404.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046404.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_26' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_24\", \"t1880_26\", \"t1880_25\", \"t1880_27\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_27' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_25\", \"t1880_27\", \"t1880_24\", \"t1880_26\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_24\", \"t1880_26\", \"t1880_25\", \"t1880_27\");<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_08' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"044976\" href='\/i\/JF7_044976.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_044976_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i044976\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 1100 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_044976.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_044976.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_09' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"044977\" href='\/i\/JF7_044977.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_044977_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"459\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i044977\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Nikkor 24mm f\/1.4 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/9, ISO 800 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_044977.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_044977.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_10' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_08\", \"t1880_10\", \"t1880_09\", \"t1880_11\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_11' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_09\", \"t1880_11\", \"t1880_08\", \"t1880_10\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_08\", \"t1880_10\", \"t1880_09\", \"t1880_11\");<\/script>\n\n\n<div class='ic tight wide' style='width:702px; position:relative'>\n<div id='t1880_32' style='width:702px;margin:0'class='ic'><a name=\"046678\" href='\/i\/JF7_046678.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046678_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046678\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 560 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046678.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046678.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div id='t1880_33' style='width:702px;margin:0;position:absolute; top:0; left:0; visibility:hidden'class='ic'><a name=\"046677\" href='\/i\/JF7_046677.jpg'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF7_046677_sm.jpg\" width=\"466\" height=\"700\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i046677\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Nikon D700 + Voigtl\u00e4nder 125mm f\/2.5 &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF7_046677.jpg'>Exif<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF7_046677.jpg'>near pics<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style='margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:8px'>\n<span id='t1880_34' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_32\", \"t1880_34\", \"t1880_33\", \"t1880_35\")'>With Polarizer<\/span>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;\n<span id='t1880_35' class='button' onmouseover='show1880(\"t1880_33\", \"t1880_35\", \"t1880_32\", \"t1880_34\")'>Without Polarizer<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">show1880(\"t1880_32\", \"t1880_34\", \"t1880_33\", \"t1880_35\");<\/script>\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since writing \"A Few Polarization-Filter Examples\" several years ago, I've been meaning to do a post on a polarization filter's effects when shooting fall foliage. Over the years I've mentioned some effect or other of a polarization filer on my blog (such as here, here, and here), but I'm only now getting to filling in a huge deficiency of my 2007 post on making the best of bright light in fall-color photography by demonstrating how useful a polarizing filter can be when shooting foliage.<\/p> <p>While at the Yoshiminedera Temple south of Kyoto during various trips last year, I did something [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7,14,29,2,4,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}