Pictures By Alan

As I was wrapping up, it occurred to me to try my polarizer out on the scene. It did appear to darken the sky somewhat, a nice effect. But through the f/4 lens, which already has a dark view because I shoot with an optimized-for-wide-lenses focus screen that doesn't work well at f/4, then the additional darkening of the polarizer, I couldn't really see the image all that clearly. When I opened it on the computer later, though... holy smokes it made the sky blue. It was remarkably effective.