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How To Use Filters On Wide-Angle Lenses

February 14, 2018 by Steve Berardi 3 Comments

Filters on Wide-Angle LensesFilters can be very useful in nature photography, especially for landscapes. They can do all kinds of things, like get rid of unwanted reflections, saturate or darken the sky, and help you get a longer shutter speed to show motion.

But, when you’re using filters on wide-angle lenses (anything at 40mm or less), there’s one thing you need to watch out for: vignetting (like in the photo above). This usually only happens at very wide angles and if you’re using more than one filter.

So, how do you avoid this problem? Your first thought might be to avoid those wider angles when using filters, but don’t let filters limit your creative freedom! Luckily, there are a few good solutions to this problem: [Read more…] about How To Use Filters On Wide-Angle Lenses

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips Tagged With: filters, lens, neutral density, polarizing, uv, vignette, wide-angle

The Most Useful Filters for Nature Photography

October 28, 2014 by Jim Braswell Leave a Comment

When photographing nature, there are many times when a photographic filter on the end of the lens can help improve the image, or give the image a different effect. Such is the case when I captured Maroon Creek (Colorado) with a Neutral Density filter:

Maroon Creek landscape, Colorado
Maroon Creek / Photo by Jim Braswell

Kind of like “creativity in a can.” What filters are most useful for shooting nature? [Read more…] about The Most Useful Filters for Nature Photography

Filed Under: Landscapes, Tips, Wildlife Tagged With: filter, filters, nature photography, neutral density, photography, polarizer, uv

Introduction to Filters for Digital Cameras

October 12, 2010 by Steve Berardi 7 Comments

With film photography, filters were pretty important (especially for black and white images). And although they play a much smaller role in digital photography, there’s still a few filters you should be familiar with. So, here’s a brief introduction to some of them: [Read more…] about Introduction to Filters for Digital Cameras

Filed Under: Tips Tagged With: accessory, camera, digital, filters, glass, gnd, graduated, multicoated, nd, neutral density, photography, polarizer, polarizing, ultraviolet, uv

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