What you see through a pair of sun-glasses

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Is it fair to say that looking through a pair of sun-glasses is the same as using an ND filter and UV filter together?

Otherwise, how do you get that effect as if you are looking through your sun-glasses? I like the way things look through my shades and would love to see that on film.

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Not possible. What your eyes (brain, soul) feel is a comparison between scenes with very bright highlights and scenes with more controlled highlights... To achieve the same effect in photography, you would have to offer the viewer both versions of an image to produce a similar comparative, easier visual range effect...

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Try shooting with your glasses in front of the lens. It works great for cool effects, especially if the tint is gradated!

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Pirate said:
Is it fair to say that looking through a pair of sun-glasses is the same as using an ND filter and UV filter together?

Otherwise, how do you get that effect as if you are looking through your sun-glasses? I like the way things look through my shades and would love to see that on film.

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The fact is that photography increases real life contrast, while shades decrease real life contrast... I don't think it's possible to convey that sensation with a single image.

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Juan
 
I think Juan is on to something here. I have Oakly square wire 2's with HD rx lenses, and nothing looks as cool through them.

I'd put them in front of my camera, but I don't think they're big enough vertically. They're optimized for 'Asian Face' by my glasses guy.
 
I have fancied myself a polarizing glasses with brown tone (for driving). The world looks magnificent through them. Makes me wondering why there are no brown correction filters, only reddish (like 81A, 81B, etc.) but I fully agree with the comment above - there is no way you are going to reproduce on film with filters what you see through sunglasses (or even without them) ...
 
Stewart, I'd have to see before and after to tell.

I'm gonna have to try putting my shades in front of the lens. I'll use manual mode which should show the biggest effect as I see it. I may be seeing things a little different right now too because I'm in the desert and there are not many colours to look at. I'll try it around sunset and I'll use the DSLR for now.

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I actually tried this once on a very bright day ... I shot a landscape with and without my sunnys over the lens. I couldn't detect any difference in the end results yet it was totally different to my eyes with them on or off when I was actually there.

But my OM-2 looked very cool wearing a pair of Serengeti Drivers! 😛
 
I just got my first ever pair of polarized sunglasses (adidas branded and made by Silhouette) and love them, so much I bought a polarizer filter for my Hasselblad. Everything look so pretty even in the middle of the day. Does that mean with a polarizer on my camera lens I can shoot all day and get that sunglasses look?
 
This is quite interesting. I've posted before because I do not understand what I experience in terms of my filter knowledge.

I wear grey green sunglasses, not RayBan, not polarized. As others say, the world looks much more interesting with them on, sometimes a bit warmer, despite the lens color. Particularly confusing is the fact that on overcast days (little blue in the sky, so no reason to expect a contrast adjustment) the underside of clouds is much more textured and tone differentiated with than without those sunglasses. Similar effects are reported by others with different color lenses.

Some have suggested that the simple reduction in light level through the glasses makes for a greater ability to perceive variations. Not sure what I think about that.

Haven't had time to try the photos with a slight warming filter to compare to perceptions w. sunglasses.
 
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