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Quick Tip About Circular Polarizing Filters, Wide Angle Lenses and the Sun

by Darlene Hildebrandt | Last Updated: August 19, 2017

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In this quick tip about circular polarizing filters, my good friend and Landscape photographer Jay Patel shares what he learned about using it on his wide angle lens. By making some simple assumptions, and not fully understanding how the filter worked, it cost him dearly on a trip to photograph the sand dunes in Death Valley California.

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