So, now my photos (not that they are all pieces of profound art) will be signed. ;-) I also learned to apply some minor edits to the photos while still in PSE8. I hope to cover that realm slowly but surely.
I didn't have too much energy for photos, but I had to do something. I had bought this pack of drinking straws on Friday, and while waiting for the bus (which I spoke about 2 posts ago), I suddenly saw the pattern through the straws. It looked like a kaleidoscope and I instantly knew what I wanted to do with it. But since it would require the use of a tripod, and I don't have mine with me right now, I thought I'd be a little less ambitious and try something really plain. And it turned out plain alright.
I cleared up a bit of space on my glass-topped table, and tried to get the reflections of the packet of straws. However, there were too many distractions and shadows and I was dealing with really low light conditions since it was grey and snowy outside my window and I only used natural light for this series.
Here are the four best ones (out of about ten):
Regular shot, with my 18-55 mm kit lens
This was shot using the C-PL which cut out the reflections you can see in the shot above.
This had the polarizing effect turned off on the filter. I wanted to test how the reflection of the pack of straws would look with or without the C-PL. Turns out there was a fair amount of glare and other distractions in the reflecting image. You can also see the glare from the background.
This had the C-PL turned on - less reflections. The glare in the background is much lesser on this one because the C-PL always brings down the exposure a couple of stops, eliminating the glare.
I am now pretty much sold on the polarizer being a really neat tool to have indoors as well, when shooting reflecting objects.
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