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Why use filters?
Ive just finished my first year of photography at college. And i am beginning to want to experiment with the different equipment that is available for use. Hence Filters, Why use filters?
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One Answer to “Why use filters?”
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Filters seem, generally speaking, a little less important these days than they used to be. But they are hardly obsolete.
A graduated neutral density filter can effectively extend the dynamic range of your DSLR. If you are looking at a scene with a bright sky and some dark landscape below the sky, toning down the sky with a graduated ND filter may allow you to preserve valuable detail in the sky—or the mountains and woods—that you might otherwise lose. If you blow out the sky in capture, you can\’t fix that on your computer.
A polarizing filter likewise eliminates reflective highlights that might normally end up as blown areas of your photo.
We used to use colored filters to get different effects with black and white film and these are, I think, more or less obsolete; at least I don\’t use them any more. Shooting raw in my DSLR gives me the ability to play with the color channels in post-production any way I like.
The key question these days is, does the filter make the capture better, in a way that I can\’t duplicate in post? When the answer is yes, using a filter is a smart choice.
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