{W/NW}: Polarizer

This was my first time shooting with a borrowed polarizer - not sure

if I understand/understood how to use it properly, and also not sure

if I like the results. Since I don't have the same shots without

polarizer, I have no way of comparing. Perhaps some of you have

examples that you'd like to share, and maybe convince me to buy a

polarizer (of course, having it handy and using it is another

matter).<br><br>

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Polarizers can be very useful for reducing reflections and thereby bringing out colors.

<p> Alternatively learn to use the natural polarisation of the sky (90 degrees to a line between you and the sun)... </p>

<a href=" title="Trevor Hare 2005"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/34/73253008_2e7422477b_o.jpg" width="750" height="563" alt="St. Thomas a Becket church. Warblington. UK" /></a>

<p> Digital P&S with no polariser </p>

Or use photoshop....

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/trevorhare/100939704/" title="Trevor Hare 2005"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/42/100939704_c2f9c570c4_o.jpg" width="700" height="531" alt="2" /></a>

<p> Or aim right into where the sun is to darken surrounding sky.... </p>

<a href=" title="Trevor Hare"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/50/129065082_5a725c8fa2_o.jpg" width="511" height="768" alt="Solent Sky" /></a>

<p> Or shoot from low down to cut out the horizon. Horizon sky is always paler and hazier and higher up usually bluer.. </p>

<a href=" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://static.flickr.com/35/73331343_9cb2cf6a8f_o.jpg" width="800" height="552" alt="Just for the colour" /></a>