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This is evidence that my circular polarizer was worth the extravagance. That I have used it incorrectly is something you must not point out; not unless you like having your toenails plucked out.
Even though I successfully managed to alter this picture in Photoshop and get rid of the blotch in the bottom right corner, i think it looks better with the natural defects. It was, after all, shot from a moving car. So theres only that much one can do.
I feel happy when i see this. Feels like one of those rollercoaster turns. And I like the arrangement of the motorway lamp-posts.
This was an interesting set up. I had seen a article on doing this but through some bad editing it omitted a vital element. You need two devices to polarize the light. One obviously on the lens but you also need one between the lightbox and the fork. The real background here is white, it is the effect of the two polarizers making it black.
Thin sheet of ice, seen through a macro lens and crossed polarized light - the polarized light reveals the inner structure and colors....
My photo walk of June 8, 2023 in Lyon, France by a stunning summer day with my Nikon F SLR camera (circa 1964-1965). The guiding idea was to use a circular polarizing filter with a color negative film for all outdoor pictures. I did my photo session between about 2pm to 5pm. The temperature reached 33°C in the afternoon and the atmosphere was very clear and dry.
My 60's Nikon F was equipped with its normal lens Nippon Kogaku Nikkor-S 1:2 f=5cm with is lighter than my later period Nikkor-S version 1:1.4 f=50mm from the early 70's. The lens was equipped with the original Nikkor F metal shade hood specific of the 1:2 f=5cm. For all outdoor views the lens was also equipped with a Hakura 52mm polarizing filter oriented for the best color saturation.
I used a Fujifilm 200 36-exposure negative color film (this film is made in the USA and given with the same technical characteristics of Kodak Gold 200). It was exposed for 50 ISO to compensate the polarizing filter absorption, using an Autometer III Minolta lightmeter fitted with a 10° finder for selective measurements privileging the shadow areas.
Quai de Pierre-Scize, June 8, 2023
69005 Lyon
France
After exposure, the film was developped by a local lab service using the C-41 protocol. The film was then digitalized using a Sony A7 body fitted to a Minolta Slide Duplicator installed on a Minolta Auto Bellows III with a lens Minolta Bellow Macro Rokkor 50mm f/3.5. The RAW files obtained were processed without intermediate files in LR and edited to the final jpeg pictures.
All views of the film are presented in the dedicated album either in the printed framed versions and unframed full-size jpeg accompanied by some documentary smartphone Vivo Y76 color pictures.
About the camera and the lens :
This exemplary of Nikon F (engraved "Nippon Kogaku Tokyo") has a serial number beginning by 658xxxx and was consequently manufactured in the mother Oi Nikon factory in Tokyo, Japan, between Dec. 1964 and April 1965. I bought the camera in Feb. 2022 from Japan. The Nikon F body came with the normal lens Nikkor-S 1:2 f=5 cm, branded "Nippon Kogagu". For the photo session the body was equipped with the body shell of a late Nikon F CTT ever ready bag. This body shell holds the original leather neck strap and is made of a metallic shell covered outside by a black leather and a dark-red velvet inside.
Setup for glass on an LCD laptop screen using a screen saver as a light source. Image taken with polarizer on the lens.
Taken with my Nikon D300s.
Used a 12-24 mm lens with a 77mm Circular Polarizer. Testing to see the difference as I rotated the lens. Notice the glass becomes more clear. Also helps with more vivid blue sky's and reducing glare on water surface.
Last Day of Summer 2024 - 33 images (S12) - Panasonic Lumix FZ200 & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
An analog version of this image was taken concurrently using a Pentax Spotmatic SLR (1964) with the (radioactive) Takumar 1:1.4 50mm Prime & Polarizer & AstrHori AH-M1 Light Meter & Harman Phoenix 200 35mm Colour Film
Last Day of Summer 2024 - 33 images (S10) - Panasonic Lumix FZ200 & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
An analog version of this image was taken concurrently using a Pentax Spotmatic SLR (1964) with the (radioactive) Takumar 1:1.4 50mm Prime & Polarizer & AstrHori AH-M1 Light Meter & Harman Phoenix 200 35mm Colour Film
FILTERS: Photo shot with polarizing filter -- note the deeper blue and slightly better contrast.
Photographer: Michael Miller
Last Day of Summer 2024 - 33 images (S032) - Panasonic Lumix FZ200 & Polarizer - Photographer Russell McNeil PhD (Physics) lives on Vancouver Island, where he works as a writer.
An analog version of this image was taken concurrently using a Pentax Spotmatic SLR (1964) with the (radioactive) Takumar 1:1.4 50mm Prime & Polarizer & AstrHori AH-M1 Light Meter & Harman Phoenix 200 35mm Colour Film
This displays the effect of adding the polarizer on cutting down glare and improving the saturation. Also notice the difference in the building in the background without direct sunlight on it.
No retouching. I cropped to get the to images to match, and then decreased the image size by 50% so the image isn't massive.
An example of how the circular polarizer can make a huge difference in a place like Yellowstone. These two pictures were taken back-to-back, with the only difference being a twist of the circular polarizing filter attached to the front of the lens.
Note how the frame on the left shows the reflection of the sky in most of the water (which I actually find more pleasing towards the top of the frame, as it makes the water "jump" out of the picture there. But see how the color and some of the details in the large pool are somewhat obscured by this reflection? This is solved in the frame to the right, where the rich aqua/blue color that exists in this pool is shown in full glory by removing the sky's reflection with the polarizer. I like elements of both and will likely create a layer-masked version to show both, but I received enough questions about this filter that I thought this was a good example to show how it worked.
In this shot i have placed my new Circular polarizer and I loves its contrasts and saturation.......
Colorized image of one of Saturn's moons, Iapetus. RGB image created from the GRN P0, GRN P60, and GRN P120 bands. (The P number refers to the polarization filter used at the time.)
Northfield, IL, 2012
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I went to a camera show and showed amazing restraint by resisting both the lousy offers made for my gear and by not buying any of the junky cameras for sale. I did buy a polarizing filter and, as possibly the last person to own one, I did this test.
Olympus OM-1n
zuiko, 50mm, f/1.4 (silver nose)
Fomapan 100, Rodinal, 1+50, 20C, 7 min