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Which do I need...Hood or filter?
I have recently bought myself a Canon 40D and do most of my photography during late morning - mid afternoon when unfortunately the sun is at its brightest.
Being an enthusiastic learner I am trying to my best efforts to get the best results with the aid of the cameras histograms - which are obviously all over the place due to the ever changing sunlight.
What I would like to know,is what would be the best move to minimise this problem,a lens hood or a lens filter?
Many thanks in advance.
It's hard to say considering you didn't mention where you were relative to the sun. The morning and evening light can be a wonderful and magical time to photograph. The light is warm and dramatic. Of course it is full of its challenges as well. The problems are range from lens flare and glare to a very wide brightness range. The tools you need depend on the specific problem you are having.
First, a lens hood is always a good investment. It works by blocking direct light coming across the lens. This will get rid of lens flare in many situations. Basically if the shadow cast by the hood goes all the way across the lens, it is working perfectly.
Second, you can get glare from glass, water, metal, plastic, and just about any man-made smooth surface. The polarizing lens really helps in these situations. It tames the reflections causing the glare, allowing you to peer beneath the surface of the water.
If neither of the above help, it may be that your scene just has too wide a range of values. If you are shooting something that is half in shadow and half in direct light, you are probably going to lose a bit of detail. There's not much that can be done without changing the light some way.
I highly recommend the book "Light: Science and Magic" to help better understand what is happening with light, and what options you have for difficult situations. The book focuses on how light behaves, and less on flash technology and the like. It's just as useful for landscape photographers as it is for portrait photographers.
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