[klwinding]

I've always photoshopped all my photos and appreciate the input on what kind of filters would be useful. My son just purchased a big package of filters off eBay (cheap, yes, but fun to play with and to get my feet with) and I took them out for the first time this morning having no idea what to do with them. I ended up taking some photos of cat tails along a stream with what I thought was a polarizing filter but it turned out to be a diffuser.

I'm glad I was just experimenting or I would have been very disappointed - I wasn't expecting the blur. Fortunately, I also experimented with a sepia filter at the same time and that gave the yellows and greens of the grasses a very pretty tone. Otherwise, it would have been a complete loss...well, it still was a complete loss. (I posted two of the filter photos on Share Your Shots just for fun.)

Thanks for the advice. I'll be using the CPL and ND and experimenting with the GND. I'll play around with the other filters, but not when the shots count.