Polarizer Filter

Hi everyone!

So last Saturday, I spent my birthday money at a camera shop, and I bought a Circular Polarizer filter.

If you don't know what it is, a Circular Polarizer is a transparent, but dark, filter.  It is basically like putting a pair of polarized sunglasses on your camera.  It cuts down the amount of light going into the camera, and it reduces glare from the sun.

So this is what it looks like:

And now, here are some before and after, well, more like without and with pictures, showing what it can do.

Without

With

Without

With

So, as you can see, it really makes a difference with the lighting of the photo.  Sorry for the bad photos, I was in a rush, and frankly, it was COLD outside!  I could have made these pictures better, but I didn't feel like fiddling around with my camera in the cold.

The CP filter is for cameras with threaded lenses (like you can put different lenses on it), but since my camera isn't one of those, I simply (well, somewhat simply) hold the filter in front of the lens.  You can do that with any camera.  It is a great thing to have, I suggest you get one if you do not yet have one. :)

Thanks for reading, and please leave a comment below.  I'm going to get a hand warmer before my fingers fall off!

Bye for now!