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Apr 14, 2010 10:07 |  #1

I've used CPL filter for outdoor landscape shots before but, I'm curious how many of you use CPL filters for outdoor portraits?

I love the affect of blue skies the CPL filters give out but, would the filter hinder the skin tone?


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Apr 14, 2010 10:15 |  #2

It should have no effect at all on skin tone. The CPL makes the sky more blue by removing light reflected off haze and dust, not because there is anything "blue" about the lens.


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Apr 14, 2010 10:23 |  #3

Would sunny outdoor + AB strobes + CPL filter be fine for portrait as well?


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Apr 14, 2010 10:25 |  #4

The CPL probably won't have any noticeable effect on the light from the strobes except for reducing power by a stop or two, but it could be used on the sunlight in the background the same way you would use it in a landscape shot.


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Apr 14, 2010 10:39 |  #5

Thanks Ken

Anyone have any outdoor portraits with CPL filter?


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Apr 14, 2010 10:45 |  #6

Could perhaps the CPL help with glare from the skin?


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Apr 14, 2010 11:39 |  #7

fi20100 wrote in post #9993369 (external link)
Could perhaps the CPL help with glare from the skin?

skin, jewelery, glasses, etc...


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Apr 14, 2010 11:55 |  #8

Maybe not jewelry - at least gold, silver and the like. Metallic reflections aren't polarized like reflections off non-metallic surfaces are.


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Apr 16, 2010 08:53 |  #9

Jon wrote in post #9993800 (external link)
Maybe not jewelry - at least gold, silver and the like. Metallic reflections aren't polarized like reflections off non-metallic surfaces are.

So I guess partial jewelery... the metal on the watch/ring may not play as nice as the watch face or the stone mounted on that ring...


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Apr 16, 2010 17:06 |  #10

Right.


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