Polarized Landscape

SteveLuke · Jun 18, 2007

Hi everyone my name is Steve. Recently i have gotten into photography and so far i love it. Just picked up a Sony alpha and today i got a polarizer filter. This photo has not been edited yet and I'd really appreciate any input as to go about doing it, or just comments in general.

gravy · Jun 18, 2007

nice shot! the only thing I'd do is crop out the palm at the top right... the shadow that runs across the bottom is a little distracting, so that could go too...

SteveLuke · Jun 18, 2007

Thanks for the reply. Good point with the crop, i could take out that stump too.

WVPhotoGuy · Jun 18, 2007

Very Nice Shot! Where is this at?

SteveLuke · Jun 18, 2007

Thanks a lot!, and this was taken at Taylor park in central Florida.

shorty6049 · Jun 18, 2007

what kind of polarizer is that? it looks better than most of my shots!

SteveLuke · Jun 18, 2007

Hmm...im pretty sure it's just a standard circular polarizer. Just walked into a camera shop and asked to see what they had. Before i went out to shoot those i read up a little on using polarizers and tried to keep the sun at a 90 angle, to my side really. It was obvious when i had the angle right and when i did not. The images either had a real rich color or they were dark. I could find this specific filter and post a link if you would like me to though.

SteveLuke · Jun 19, 2007

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NJMAN · Jun 19, 2007

This shot is really good for using a polarizer. I have seen lots of them that are too dark or contrasty when taken with a polarizer.

Nice job!

AUZambo · Jun 19, 2007

I think it's a great looking shot. I also have a sony a-100...and it looks like you have the same problem I have in that the polarizer sometimes creeps its way into the corners (upper-left corner in your shot). Not a huge problem though...just crop it or you can use the healing brush tool.

I have this problem when I use it with my 18-200 lens at 18mm. It's also alot worse when I screw the polorizer on top of my UV filter. When I have time I'll remove the UV filter first...but I'm usually too lazy.