image FILTERS FOR LIGHT MODIFICATION

Photographic filters are coloured or textured discs of glass, plastic or gelatin placed in front of the lens in order to modify the colour or quality of light passing through it onto the film plane, thereby altering or enhancing the recorded image.

Filters for architectural work fall into four main divisions: first, the ultraviolet (UV) and the polarizer types, which are colourless light modifiers; second, special effects filters, which include graduated filters as well as, for example, the more dramatic starburst type; third, colour correction and compensating filters, which are used largely for interior work ...

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