The Effect of a Polarization Filter on Wet Rocks, Etc.

Note: this article may not appear properly in news readers.

This article contains interactive aspects that are likely removed by most news readers. Please see this particular article directly on Jeffrey's blog for full functionality.

div#dujWMBUxUxRdA img { width:461px; height:690px; visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border: solid 10px #311}








Spinning the Polarizer

wow, what a difference
Animatable (4 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view changing polarizer effect
写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすと偏光フィルターの影響が分かります。
1)return true;var x=Math.floor((e.clientX||e.pageX)/BW);if(X==0)X=x;else if(x!=X){var which=x>X?i+(x-X):i-(X-x);if(which>=I.length)which=I.length==2?0:I.length-1;else if(which

The reflections on the wet rocks and foliage during the visit to the
Honen'in Temple (法然院) presented in my previous post made for
some interesting possibilities with the polarizing filter.

Swiping the mouse side to side on the photo above shows the effect of different filter rotations.

I like the rocks better when the bright reflections, but that also leaves the reflections on the foliage in
the background, leaving them relatively washed out compared to the richer colors seen when the polarizer is
turned to block reflections.
(More impactful examples of foliage-related reflections
are shown in
“Heading Out To Photograph The Fall Foliage? Don’t Forget The Polarizer Filter”.)

But all in all, I'll take the reflections on the rock.

This next example, a close-up of the rocks, is just freaky, as the different surface angles have
their reflections attenuated at different stages of the filter rotation:

div#dujWMBUxUxRdB img { width:690px; height:456px; visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border: solid 10px #311}











Freaky
Animatable (7 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view changing polarizer effect
写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすと偏光フィルターの影響が分かります。

1)return true;var x=Math.floor((e.clientX||e.pageX)/BW);if(X==0)X=x;else if(x!=X){var which=x>X?i+(x-X):i-(X-x);if(which>=I.length)which=I.length==2?0:I.length-1;else if(which

The next two examples of the same water basin show how well reflections are cut from the surface of the water, but like in the first shot, I want it both ways: I'd prefer to keep the reflections in the water, but cut the reflections from the moss, bamboo, and rock. Oh well.

div#dujWMBUxUxRdC img { width:443px; height:690px; visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border: solid 10px #311}









Animatable (4 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view changing polarizer effect
写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすと偏光フィルターの影響が分かります。

1)return true;var x=Math.floor((e.clientX||e.pageX)/BW);if(X==0)X=x;else if(x!=X){var which=x>X?i+(x-X):i-(X-x);if(which>=I.length)which=I.length==2?0:I.length-1;else if(which


div#dujWMBUxUxRdD img { width:452px; height:690px; visibility:hidden; position:absolute; top:0; left:0; border: solid 10px #311}










Animatable (5 frames) — slowly sweep mouse from side to side to view changing polarizer effect
写真の上をマウスで左右にゆっくり動かすと偏光フィルターの影響が分かります。

1)return true;var x=Math.floor((e.clientX||e.pageX)/BW);if(X==0)X=x;else if(x!=X){var which=x>X?i+(x-X):i-(X-x);if(which>=I.length)which=I.length==2?0:I.length-1;else if(which

I've been doing so many of these interactive comparisons lately
(such as comparing various shutter speeds with flowing water and
comparing apertures) that I decided to make a category for them
on my blog, Interactive Photo-Effect Presentations.

Skimming through my 2,000+ blog posts for articles to include, I was surprised to find more than 20.