Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/06/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Howard, Lucky you! Gorgeous venue to be in. I am envious... I think a polarizer (circular or otherwise) is critical for landscape photography if it has any impact (sun not close to directly in front or behind you). It takes the specular reflections, far and near, off of leaves, flowers, buildings, etc. and, by so doing, provides a natural richness and vibrance that can't be accomplished by post processing vibrance/saturation (primarily because there is nothing to vibrate or saturate in specular reflections). So I don't understand why folks may think a polarizer is a bad thing... Also, as many know, Charles Cramer is one of my heroes for landscape photography. He invents and others follow. To that end, you will rarely see any blue skies in his images. He believes (as do I) that blue is a vary powerful color and should only be used sparingly. I find that finding an appropriately interesting foreground to fill the frame rather than blue sky is harder to do but yields much more satisfying images. Of course this is just my taste. I'm sure there are many others that differ. Best, Bob On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Howard Ritter <hlritter at bex.net> wrote: > Three more from my recent trip. > > All taken with a circular polarizer, and maybe too hyper-realistic (not to > mention too preciously scenic!) to be as good as they could be. > > Thoughts? > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/France/The+_22village+perch___22+of+Gordes.jpg.html?g2_fromNavId=x0291fd85 > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/France/Abbaye+Notre-Dame+de+Senanque_+Provence.jpg.html > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/hlritter/France/Apse_+Abbaye+Notre-Dame+de+Senanque_+Provence.jpg.html > > ?howard > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Bob Adler http://www.rgaphoto.com