Hi Guys,
If we were to put in the CPL (screw at the front of the lens) does it means that everything I do not need it I will have to take it out and when I need it I will put in again. So in this case how are we going to capture quick shoots? The time of changing in and out will be delayed.
I am very new to CPL and sometime I don't even take it out and shoot all the way, but sometimes the pictures turn out not the way we see it.
If you guys have any ideas to make this works faster, do share with us.
when pictures turn out not the way you see it, this is primarily because the scene's dynamic range is too large for the camera to handle. As you may have realised, your eye has a tremendous sensitivity to a wide dynamic range that is easily 2 times what your camera can record. As such, you may be able to see both shadow details and highlights, but your camera cannot record it.
Under such circumstances, filters such as the Grad ND you have mentioned can come in useful for landscape images, as the sky is often brighter than the foreground. By cutting the amount of light coming from the sky, you compress the dynamic range of the entire image, enabling the camera to capture it as you see it. The other alternative is the add light to the foreground by using flash, or strobes, again compressing the dynamic range. Both methods work by the same principle, to enable the camera to obtain a good exposure for both the foreground and background.
For the CPL, there's no need to remove it at all unless you find yourself short of light. Should you want to shoot reflections, just turn the CPL front-ring until you can see them. Of course, there will be people who will say that putting a CPL will degrade your image, but honestly, it's not even noticeable.
As a last note, I always believe that you should not capture things as your eye sees it, but better than your eye sees it