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Photos of black dog - which filter do I need?
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<blockquote data-quote="DraganDL" data-source="post: 276080" data-attributes="member: 18251"><p>Think like this: it's a problem of contrast (opposed to black, most of the environments (backgrounds/foregrounds) like the sky, water, snow...tend to be too bright). Using a polarizer, in SOME situations you could make certain (parts of the) environments look darker than they really are. If you would shoot the black'n'whites, you could use the yellow or red filters, in order to darken the blue color of the sky/sea water, provided that the dog is "set" against them... Generally, avoid the hard light, unless the position of the dog is such that it suits the purpose (accentuates the dog's features). Also, use the flash in a so-called "fill light" mode, and with the diffuser, to soften the shadows and to darken the background, thus to make a dog look brighter... Take care of the distance - the pitch-black dog will look like nothing but a black dot if it is too far from you (and you're shooting with the standard or a wide angle lens) - rather try to compose in such manner that the dog is closer to you (e.g. a close-up, whereas the dog takes the most of the plane just in front of the lens)...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DraganDL, post: 276080, member: 18251"] Think like this: it's a problem of contrast (opposed to black, most of the environments (backgrounds/foregrounds) like the sky, water, snow...tend to be too bright). Using a polarizer, in SOME situations you could make certain (parts of the) environments look darker than they really are. If you would shoot the black'n'whites, you could use the yellow or red filters, in order to darken the blue color of the sky/sea water, provided that the dog is "set" against them... Generally, avoid the hard light, unless the position of the dog is such that it suits the purpose (accentuates the dog's features). Also, use the flash in a so-called "fill light" mode, and with the diffuser, to soften the shadows and to darken the background, thus to make a dog look brighter... Take care of the distance - the pitch-black dog will look like nothing but a black dot if it is too far from you (and you're shooting with the standard or a wide angle lens) - rather try to compose in such manner that the dog is closer to you (e.g. a close-up, whereas the dog takes the most of the plane just in front of the lens)... [/QUOTE]
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