We had a fine, sunny day today, and I used it to go once more down to the river, intending to get another image of Mittagskogel, but this time in a winter landscape.
This image was shot using a polarizer, and I have to admit that I still don’t feel comfortale with these beasts. They interfere with colors in a way that I don’t like. I used the Sigma 50/1.4 today, this lens has a 77mm filter thread and my 77mm polarizer is a Hoya Pro 1 Digital, that’s the slim, expensive type. I am not really sure, I’d have to make systematic tests and that’s probably a stupid waste of time, but it’s especially the Hoya filters that meddle with my colors. B&W ever gave me that feeling.
What do I mean with “meddling with colors”? Well, it’s probably a shift into magenta, or rather a draining of green and cyan. The images look pale, unsaturated. This is especially true with automatic white balance, thus I normally use “Cloudy”. Underexposing helps as well.
As a result, post-processing this image was quite a challenge. I really had to reconstruct the colors, and I guess the final result is not too unnatural.
What about you? Do polarizers complicate the process for you? JPEG shooters, how do you do it? Any tricks?
The Song of the Day is “Winter” from the 1992 Tori Amos album “Little Earthquakes”. See a video on YouTube.