Ghetto Filter
By: Kitty
tags: experiment, filters, raindrops, sunglasses
I keep trying to photograph rain as I see it and fail every time. A friend of mine told me I needed a filter. I haven’t bought any yet but grabbed a pair of sunglasses and put that in front of the lens. Voila. Rain. Not great, but it’s something. Things like this amaze me.
Camera: Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/160)
Aperture: f/4.5
Focal Length: 34 mm
ISO Speed: 400
Flash: Flash did not fire
Rain is hard. In old movies they used to dye the water so when they made rain in a scene the camera could pick it up.
I was wondering how they did it for films. Then I thought about it and realized lots of rain scenes show rain on something, a car, a window, an umbrella, a wet street at night.
I love those movie secrets, Max.
Well this was in old old black and white movies, I do not know what they do these days.
Let me know if you figure it out.
I think they use blue filters. I want to find out and get some good filters. Putting bad ones in front of good lenses makes the lens only as good as the filter.
I have Blane the research man on it. That and how to make my computer faster for the best price.