19 Mar
2006
Photoshop Filters vs. Glass Filters on Your Camera:
Often digital photographers ask me, "Can you get the same effect from the application of a software-based graduated filter in Photoshop as you would using the glass (or resin) ND filter at the time of shooting?"
Same thing I've been saying for ages – take the very best photo you can, with the equipment you have with you. Don't rely on being able to 'fake it' in your darkroom (whether it's digital or film based) when you get home.
The better your source material, the better the end result will be.
On another note, I see that Jim's been down to my part of the world – if I'd known, I'd have tried to catch up!
1 CommentPhotography, Photoshop
Keith
5 Feb 2011
I never use filters on my camera unless it is a polarizer, or solid ND grad. I find that careful exposure when shooting and the same when processing raw is as much as I have ever needed. We tend to forget that the digital image is so far removed from a film based optical image that far more options apply than they did when shooting negative or slide film. Digital is a whole new ball game. I am 67 years of age by the way, so not a young whippersnapper, wet behind the ears. So let’s be honest. Glass or resin filters fit these days only if that’s the way you prefer to work. By and large they are not necessary.