RVP 100 @ Noah's Ark

Noah's Ark is one of the best place to take pictures for the Tsing Ma bridge, one of the landmark in Hong Kong. This time I'll use the RVP 100 + CPL. WOW ~~ Vivid colors of blue, green and yellow!!!

Equipment: EOS 300 DATE + 24-105 @ 24 + RVP 100 + CPL

Taking this kind of photo is comparatively easy. All we need is a simple film camera, and a good weather. YEAH!!! As you may imagine, it is very difficult to have good weather with few dust in Hong Kong, and I'm so lucky that I get a good dauy. Thanks god.

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CPL, simple usage

If you don't know what CPL is, please visit here

All photos here are untouched. Hence the coloring is the real difference, not magnified ones!

This is some simple demonstrations for 2 common usages of a CPL.

1) Make greens more vivid, and enriching the color
CPL can help to reduce reflection on leaves so that the reflection from the sunlight can be removed effectively using CPL. You may see the following examples for this magic!

2) Remove the reflection from the water surface by sunlight, so that the fish under the water and the flowers can be easily seen.

Here is another good example:

One more points to note, since CPL will reduce the amount of light by about 2/3 to 1 stop, it needs special attention about the exposure for the photo as a whole. As you may see from the examples below, the exposure of the sky is correct before the using of CPL, while it is over-exposed when the CPL is in use.

As you cam see, the right one with CPL, the green is more vivid. However, in order to get the correct exposure of the ground, the sky is over-exposed...

Enjoy!


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CPL, simple theory and usage for dummy

This add-on article is just a simple explanation on WHAT and HOW to use the CPL in daily life.

BASIC theory:
Natural light rays with wave propagate at all directions. Reflected light rays with wave propagate at 1 direction only. CPL consists of very very tiny parallel lines so that all light rays propagate perpendicular to these lines will be blocked by the CPL.

That simple? Yes it is!


Usage:
1) The humidity and water particles in the air reflect light and reduce contrast. Polarizer tries to reduce these reflections of lights so as to cut down on atmosphere reflections and hazy effects caused by humidity. The "blue" and "vivid green" colors are in fact the original colors of the subject!

2) When you take pictures behind the window you'll be blocked by the reflection of images in the window. Polarizer can block these reflections and remove these images in the window.



HOW-TO:
1) The ring that moves when you twist it changes the effect of the polarization, basically it adjusts the degree. It works best when your camera is pointed perpendicular to the sun (at a 90 degree angle).

2) If you take the object behind the window, it'll have the greatest effect if you take it at 45 degree with the window. You should see the changing effects in the viewfinder when moving the ring.


3) It is the best to take off the UV filter / protector filter before using CPL in ANY cases. Additional ghosts may be introduced to the final image if you forget to do so!

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First trial of the B+W 77mm slim CPL

2 short snaps from the sky during my trip of cycling in Hong Kong.

This CPL is really fantastic!!!

Without it, I cannot have a good picture as blue and green as this...

As all you may know, CPL will lower about 1 stop to 1.33 stop of light. It is not suitable to be used at night so I'm forced to take it off after the trial of the following sunset...

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B+W 77mm slim CPL

After struggling for more than 2 months, I finally get this extremely useful tool: B+W 77mm slim CPL! Hence I can try it out tomorrow and see if it can really have a better skyscape! Very exciting!

Equipment is never important, however, CPL can never be replaced by all "after-effect" software. Hoping that I can have a real example of the skyscape afterwards for demonstration!

One may ask, what is CPL? There are tons of CPL explanation in the web. However, to make it simple, it is just a 3D glasses with only 1 eye instead of 2 eyes. Rotate the 1-eye 3D glasses and you'll get the same result as CPL!

Don't you believe it? Try it next time! :D

Good photo comes from our soul, NEVER from our camera.