While it’s true that in the middle of the digital age (where it seems that San Photoshop and San Lightroom can fix everything), the filters have been deprecated, the truth is that they are often irreplaceable, if you don’t like them very much. Image retouching either out of no wonder or in principle, filters can be very useful to you, either magically erasing reflections, adjusting disparate exposures in the same image, darkening the sky or simply protecting your computer, filters have many utilities, often difficult to replace with an editing program with the same good results.
They may not have been intended for this purpose at first, but today and for the common of mortals, UV (ultraviolet) or Skylight filters are the most recommended to protect our lenses. (which is true, but at minimum levels) and they decide not to use anything.
- My advice is to use them.
- Especially if you like to go camera in hand Is it better to lose a 50 euro filter than a 600 euro lens?However.
- Be sure to invest in a good filter.
- Because if you don’t.
- This slight loss of sharpness can become too obvious ;-).
- Brands like Hoya.
- Cokin.
- HiTech.
- Tiffen.
- Rodenstock are legitimate and will give you good results.
It absorbs ultraviolet radiation, eliminating some of the mists that this type of radiation produces without affecting exposure, it is the most used of the two to protect the optics.
Help improve the skies by empowering them. However, this filter slightly tints the image with a pinkish hue (very light). You have it on Amazon from 8 euros, although I always recommend you scratch a bit and invest in a good brand.
If you like landscape photography, it’s almost mandatory that you have a polarizing filter, and if not, almost too?The polarizer removes reflections on certain surfaces such as water, glass, or metal, reduces mist (dust or sand in the air), and helps contrast sky blue with cloud white.
This type of filter is characterized by saturating only a certain range of colors, the most commonly used is the one that intensifies or saturates the warm colors of the image (without altering the rest), it is commonly used in landscape photography to intensify the warmth of the There are also blue or yellow enhancers, although they are a little less common.
Another great filter if you like landscape photography. The neutral density filter is characterized by allowing less ambient light to pass to the sensor without changing the tones of the image. They just darken the scene so you can play at low speed in scenes where there’s plenty of light. And what does that mean? Watch the following scene:
See how the sea looks more like a mist than an image of the wave swing?This is because it worked at low speed and, thanks to this, the movement was printed in the scene, giving us scenes like the previous one. One we call it the silky effect of water (or clouds) and it is a widely used resource in landscape photography.
How many times have you found yourself in front of a wonderful scene to photograph and realized that it’s so proven that it’s not possible to get it without having to give up half the scene on or underexposed?Probably more than two or more, three times. The neutral gradient filter is used for such situations where the contrast between two areas of the image is so extreme that we cannot correctly expose both parts of the scene. This type of filter is characterized by the subtraction of light only in the middle of the scene. thus allowing compensation for both parts of the photograph.
This type of filter, like neutral density filters, has several numbers depending on the number of steps that compensate, for example, the most common are 0. 3 ND (1 stage), 0. 6 ND (2 steps), 0. 9 ND (3 steps) Similarly, the way they move from one exposure to another can be hard or smooth, i. e. , you can move from one exposure to another immediately or gradually.
With the same idea as the neutral gradient, but also dyed part of the image with the tone we chose. We have them clear to accentuate sunrises or sunsets or some part of the scene that we want to intensify, or with cold tones, for. “Cool?” Parts of the scene. You usually find them in a package. The possibilities with gradient filters are numerous, especially if you like photographing outdoor landscapes.
This type of filter is designed to remove visible light and let only infrared light pass through. Scenes with vegetation, clouds or water are good scenarios to practice with this type of photography. If you want to learn more about infrared photography, check out this article.
Produces star effects (from different points depending on the filter) on the light flashes of the scene.
Perhaps among filters with effects this is the most used, because fog photographs have a very attractive aura and it is not always easy to find it, in fact, depending on where we live, we will almost never see it. don’t create it then with one of these filters?
These are filters tinted in different colors that, placed in front of your lens, will dye the image of the same color, in analog photography in black and white were used to contrast their opposite colors, that is, a red filter was used to darken the blue sky, for example. In this case, can you use them artistically as you please?
Do you dare to get one of these filters? There are many reasons to do this because, although sometimes they may seem a little old-fashioned, the truth is that they are very useful to improve and perfect our photographs, even to get images that without them would be impossible to achieve. , before choosing, I recommend you think about the type of photography you like or would like to take, and then choose the filter that you think will give you more game. Oh, and don’t forget to check the diameter of your lens before buying the filter ?.
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