Polarise the light

Using a polarising filter, we demonstrate how to increase contrast and darken skies when shooting clouds

Whether or not you’re into meteorology, learning how to photograph clouds will improve your landscape photography no end. The majority of landscape photographs have sky in them, so why not use a filter to improve the tone, detail and contrast? Gone are the days of yellow and red filters on the ends of our lenses – used to darken blue skies on black-and-white film – as we can easily emulate these options in-camera. In terms of physical filters, however, the polariser is one of only a few left in the digital age that cannot be reproduced in-camera or on a computer. Polarisers work by filtering light reflected at certain angles, letting light pass through the lens in some directions while blocking others. This means when you’re shooting water, glass or…

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