My Way Is The Highway

When to use a polarizer?

"If you are going to Bryce, buy a polarizer", the lissome lass at Ritz Camera told me. I bought one without understanding what it does - which I don't do often - and did not repent one bit.

The next day I was in Bryce and spent the first hour learning the polarizing filter by trial and error.  I r5ealized it deepens the blue of the sky, enhances the mid-tone, cuts down reflections.

I developed a very simple rule of thumb for using the polarizing filter.

"If a scene looked better through my Maui Jim, it would photograph better with the polarizer"

 

Here are a couple of example.

Naked lens	...with a polarizer

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