Some times referred to as Cyanide Millipedes, these guys have a very effective chemical defense system! Their high gloss exoskeleton is a challenge to light, this took many tries to get to this point, and there is still a lot of room for improvement, in my opinion!
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Cross-polarization can be helpful, but it can also be a disaster in terms of eliminating surface texture. See HERE for some discussion and examples.
--Rik
--Rik
Frank, wonderful image!
Regarding X-pol, which I often use: I think it's a mistake to think of cross-polarization as an all-or-nothing technique. It's more like a dimmer switch for surface reflection. For most images where I use it, I allow a bit of surface reflection to remain, while using enough X-pol to reveal what is beneath it.
In landscape photography, polarizing filters are often used best when rotated to somewhat less than full effect. Bodies of water, for example, can look dead with full polarization--they need a bit of sheen to look alive, but reveal most with something less than the full sheen that comes with no polarizing filter. So experienced landscape photographers have learned to (sometimes) rotate their polarizers a bit away from full effect. Cross-pol is similar, in my opinion: It is a very useful tool, but often used best when dialed back a bit from full effect.
--Chris
Regarding X-pol, which I often use: I think it's a mistake to think of cross-polarization as an all-or-nothing technique. It's more like a dimmer switch for surface reflection. For most images where I use it, I allow a bit of surface reflection to remain, while using enough X-pol to reveal what is beneath it.
In landscape photography, polarizing filters are often used best when rotated to somewhat less than full effect. Bodies of water, for example, can look dead with full polarization--they need a bit of sheen to look alive, but reveal most with something less than the full sheen that comes with no polarizing filter. So experienced landscape photographers have learned to (sometimes) rotate their polarizers a bit away from full effect. Cross-pol is similar, in my opinion: It is a very useful tool, but often used best when dialed back a bit from full effect.
--Chris