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Filters lights of all kinds and effects

Being aware of all aspects related to filters and the methods or justifications for their use is something that does not end with a single topic or even an ordinary series of topics... Filters are an existing and wide world that needs more than a lengthy pause.

Filters today are one of the most important accessories of the camera, although there are many photographers who do not use them.
But at the same time, we see that the majority are those who never take them off their cameras.. Filters, in addition to the important creative processes that they apply, have a high advantage that cannot be ignored and are represented by their simplicity and low price, as we can get a price equivalent to the price of a regular roll of film. On a filter of glass or “colored resin” to introduce modifications and creations to the images that you want points that exceed the possibility of the largest engines and electronics.
With a small additional amount, we can get a creative filters device that gives us more supportive opportunities, which makes us forget the f / 1.4 lens and its effects. It can be summed up by saying that whoever takes photography seriously can ignore the role of filters, even if he is an amateur.

- For amateurs and professionals

Filters have long been the preserve of a few professionals, and today they are widely spread, especially in the hands of amateurs. Some returned to consider it as a private hobbyists and lovers of games or photographic tricks.

The truth confirms that the filters are for amateurs and professionals alike. Putting the tricks aside, we find that the filters have a high role in mixing the creative factor with the practical one in order to obtain attractive and meaningful results.

- Groups and types of filters

Filters were once just a screw assembly intended to absorb ultraviolet (UV) radiation, as well as something red and yellow for working with black and white films. It was a simple smear of Vaseline on a regular bottle, or the use of nylon stockings (this topic we discussed in detail in previous issues) that ensured special and reasonable effects. Others used to see the filter as just welding, but now the lens comes with solid glass filters that are screwed together to form the best bet on A broader role for candidates.
From here it can be said that being satisfied with one filter does not achieve what is dependent on the roles of multiple filters, from absorbing ultraviolet radiation, to securing a balance in artificial light for these daylight films, in addition to delving into all the creative aspects.
The basis for many of the filter devices available in the market remains a universal holder that is attached to the front of the lens with a special connection, so that filters can be of all kinds, square and round, glass or hard resin.
To slide into its slot in the holder, either individually or in groups. It is possible to move each filter in the slit up and down or to the sides compared to the axis of the lens if the holder is rotated. However, the benefit of this movement does not become clear except during work. Each filter can be moved relative to the other, while the position of the camera, which is the point of view, remains unchanged. In the event of a need to quickly move from one horizontal structure to another vertical, the group of filters can rotate 90 degrees with one quick movement.
For users of moderate build and 35mm build, they can create the filter device with ease than anything else. There are special packages that contain holders and filter models, along with a booklet containing the necessary instructions.

Various effects

With the first attempt at adopting filters within our photographic style, we will later find that we need a specific filter in every trip or photographic session we have. We want to expose a daylight film to tungsten light, which is domestic. We will have a filter for this case as the only solution, and when we want to take a picture through water or glass. We find the polarizing filter is also the only solution to remove unwanted reflections.

- Sometimes we find that some filters do not give a significant benefit, and it is possible to ignore them, and among these filters we find the ND filter. The benefit of this filter is limited to softening the general level of light directed at the film, allowing for work with slower shutter speeds and wider apertures. Perhaps this effect is required today with what is available from
Sensitive layers are very fast, especially when we consider that some creative filters work better with a lens aimed at a wide aperture.

With the subaidi filter (*) we can reduce the light by two stops, while adding interest and distinction to the colored shots.
It is a useful candidate in circumventing the problem of zero density.

In another field there are semi-coloured or graduated filters. Where the clear half at the bottom is devoid of color, which gives a certain color halo that gradually increases in strength as it heads towards the top... Thus, the filter holder leaves the foreground of the landscape without any effect, while the sky gradually increases in richness of colors... A graduated sunset filter can be added to the filter
Graded orange, for example, to actually light up the sky.

Black and white filters

Regarding black and white applications, remember that filters transmit light according to its wavelength or
Its own color, absorbing other complementary colors. The yellow filter - for example - will make the yellow targets appear lighter in the image, while it works
By converting the blue to a darker level, the green filter will lighten the botanical greens while making the red flowers appear darker than they really are.

A yellow, orange, or red filter can be used to add a color gradient to the blue sky, or to tighten the color contrast between the blue sky and white clouds. These same filters will increase the visibility of the structure in the trees and stones raised by the sun. As for the landscapes that will be captured in black and white, we have to try Use the green filter to separate and remove shadows from trees, plants and herbs.

Other Uses and Effects UV filters, polarizing filters, colored filters, and graduated filters form the practical backbone of filter devices, but they are not the only filters. There are filters for special effects as well, including the sparkling star filters (*), which work to add radial threads that reflect street lamps, cars, and the like. They come in the form of radiant and bright stars.
And from here it derived its name as well as there are optical distortion filters (*), and with it the lights are decomposed into sparks of red, blue and green colors with the optical distortion - but with the multiple prisms filters, we can get a part of the image repeated in a sequential system around the frame.

The role of the photographer
These are the primary foundations for these filters, but the photographer can create similar or sophisticated ideas, for example, the sparkling reflections on the water page can be captured instead of the lights of lamps with the filter of sparkling stars. It is also possible to use the colors of the joyful arc emitted by the photodistortion filter to emit luminescence in the sun as it looks from behind the site Familiar.
There is the speed filter or the active movement (*), which, like others, cannot be satisfied with its use in its traditional framework to make a standing car appear as if it is moving quickly and without the presence of a driver behind the wheel.

Two warnings are necessary

We point out here that all the operations and perceptions that you carry and we create the effects we create during capture and relying on Stanny filters are all to no avail in two cases. Ordinary as a mistake, and from here we have to attach the film with a note to explain how we see the scene, either to avoid this situation, and if we have the choice of our films, we can adopt positive films - transparency, for shots taken with a filter.

The second case is related to the camera meter, which is located half an inch behind the filter. Here, an error can creep into the meter, especially with color gradient filters, because they give different values ​​from one path to another. If our camera is not equipped with (TTL) expression through the lens, we have to adjust the exposure. The optical filter depends on the factors of the filter, so the factor (AX2) needs an additional stop, and (X4) needs two stops, and (X8) needs three stops... and so on.

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One last word
It is that attempts and experiments with one candidate, or with several mixed filters and in unusual locations and circumstances, give us thousands of possibilities for thousands of creations. This is primarily down to the photographer's own imagination and how much he or she evaluates the shot before pressing the shutter and selecting the desired filter, or filters, to achieve the desired effect -