Polarizing
updated: Oct 26, 2012, 9:19 AM

By John Wiley

Here's a polarized view of Santa Barbara, to follow up on my offering yesterday. I had the good luck to fly again, and it was still relatively clear due to the wind. This time I put a Hoya MC PL-C polarized filter on the camera, just to see what the difference would be. Of course, it's two different days with slightly different amounts of haze. Also slightly different times of day and slightly different angles on our town. Plus, I only took the time to quickly rotate the filter for best contrast. Given all that, I was curious what the difference would be. I've talked with several professional photographers about polarized filters, and it seems to be a polarized conversation because they're either for or against. I'm still ambivalent, but I do like today's pic of this particular view better. As a contrast, here's another similar (not polarized) pic taken on 10/19 when there was much more haze and even some low cloud over town. In case you're interested in a more detailed comparison I've put larger versions of today's and yesterday's pix on my Photo Page

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