Post processed red filter "effect" versus 7dayshop red filter

[trencheel303]

no longer required

 

[mr_pants]

I would have thought that the B&W equivalent of a polariser would be a .... errrm..... polariser

 

[odd jim]

A £4 filter no matter what type, will always be cheap rubbish. Its not a good way to compare, would you use a £4 polarizer and expect good results?

 

[GeForce Junky]

I did this in post processing using the Canon software last week. The car was red so I love the effect it gives. Colour filtering seams very good in post processing whenever I have used it.

 

[odd jim]

What I meant by it is that a polariser is often used to darken skies, as are red filters on black and white photography or film.





I appreciate that, but I still expected a cheap filter to produce at least similar results to a postprocessed red filter effect, which is essentially just a change in the brightness of the different colour channels of the image. I didn't expect the PP result to be _that much_ better. I'm not completely stupid, I have a HoyaHD filter on my lens normally.

I have also used a cheap (not quite 4 quid though) polarizer and I actually had decent results with it, so muuuh :razz:

Lol, nothing personal, just a valid point I thought Id raise! I bet a decent filter would produce results you'd expect is all I'm saying!

 

[trencheel303]

Of course, sorry if I came off a bit sharp there. Of course, the fact that the PP way is free is a real bonus.

 

[odd jim]

Indeed - the PP'd shot is very good - if this is the result you are looking for there's no point in splashing out on a decent filter! I find the raw colour processing in PS is supurb anyway, and can pretty much do any colour filtering very well indeed.