Not quite the same as this Filtered Foto Friday, wherein I used a Photoshop filter. Nope, today’s filter is an actual on-lens filter for my digital camera.

But, I did combine the filtered and unfiltered photos in Photoshop to display them side by side, as shown.

The upper left side of the image is the unfiltered version. The bottom right side of the image is the filtered version.

I used a fluorescent light filter, which is supposed to correct for the greenish hue that fluorescent lights can sometimes cause.

But, I think the unfiltered version looks better, and is more true to the actual color of the wall and sign (which is white, not cream).

I think that the difference may be that, at the office, most of the fluorescent lights are full-spectrum, which is pretty much a necessity in the printing business, where you want to be able to see and show accurate colors.

At least I will have the filter on hand should I ever need it. As part of the three-filter set, I also received a UV filter and a polarizing lens filter. Haven’t been able to see a big difference when using either of those outdoors, but we haven’t had a really good sunny day. The last sunny day was still overcast, and my camera does pretty good outdoor shots on overcast or cloudy days. It’s on good sunny days when I can have difficulties taking photos of the sky. Also, haven’t had a clear night either, where I can try the polarizing lens on a moon shot. I can’t wait to try the polarizing lens in both of those examples and see how the photos turn out.

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