Space Shuttle launch from 4 miles, polarizer or not?

[j-dogg]

.....and go

Glass is a Tamron 18-270mm 72mm thread with a cpl.

 

[Rekd]

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OP got Prop 19'd and forgot to attach images

:lmao:
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[j-dogg]

:lmao::lmao: I still can't believe that didn't pass, everyone under the age of 55 must have stayed home on Tuesday.

The launch IS happening I am not sure whether or not to polarize tomorrow.

 

[Rekd]

Doh!

LMAO! :lmao:

You're right, though, with everything else going on, HTF could that not pass?

I'm not sure where you're shooting from or what time the launch is... will you be shooting into the sun? (Or am I REALLY Prop 19'd and it's a night launch...)

 

[j-dogg]

Launch time is 3:00-ish daytime, shooting away from the sun.

then off to Shuttle's for lunch, if you haven't been and you're in the area, you NEED to go. There are a select few restaurants on my bucket list of places to eat and this one ranks high up there, top 5.

 

[Big Mike]

If you've got blue skies, then you must polarize.... :er:

 

[KmH]

Angles, angles, angles.

The Sun will be to high (more than 30° above the horizon) for a polarizer to be fully effective (30°).

If you will be pointing your camera essentially due south you will have nearly the side angle needed for polarizer effectiveness (90° to the lens axis).

So using a polarizer will give you an uneven effect on a blue sky, with that part of the sky that is sunward being less saturated than the opposite side of the image frame.

 

[j-dogg]

Launch is scrubbed AGAIN. fail. :thumbdown:

Shooting due north.

 

[KmH]

Launch is scrubbed AGAIN. fail. :thumbdown:

Shooting due north.

That works too since it's 180 from south and keeps the sun approximatley 90° to the lens axis.

Polarizer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[j-dogg]

Scrubbed until ****ing November 30th. FAIL!!! :thumbdown::thumbdown::thumbdown:

 

[Rekd]

Angles, angles, angles.

The Sun will be to high (more than 30° above the horizon) for a polarizer to be fully effective (30°).

If you will be pointing your camera essentially due south you will have nearly the side angle needed for polarizer effectiveness (90° to the lens axis).

So using a polarizer will give you an uneven effect on a blue sky, with that part of the sky that is sunward being less saturated than the opposite side of the image frame.

Wow. Just wow.

This photography stuff is like being a programmer or a machinist... the more you learn, the more you realize you will not only never learn everything, but the odds of you learning "most" everything are slim to none. :mrgreen:

(I'm sure there are other professions that have the ability to keep one's creative juices "flowing" and I'm not singling them out, but dayum, there are lots that dont! )