Spending two weeks on the road, driving through multiple states, and racking up around 10 000 kilometres seems to have fuelled the desire to squeeze the most out of each day before the day job resumes. At 3 am on a cold Wednesday, we arose, grabbed the bags, and boarded a plane for Brisbane. This was in the week after returning from our two week 10k holiday!
I decided to take the Nikon Z5, the 24-70 F4S lens, the Nikkor 40mm F2 lens, and a recently acquired Tiffen Glimmerglass 1/8 filter.
I was curious about what the Glimmerglass could do. I kept it on the Nikkor 24-70 F4S lens during the day and was pleasantly surprised at the results. The filter lowers contrast and smears light in the brightest areas of an image. This can create flaring when strong and direct light sources are involved, but I found the filter well-behaved for the most part.
I really enjoyed the lines and angles around the Queen’s Wharf area of the city. It seems that others were also enjoyng the lines and angles of the bridge, as you can see in the photo above. A keen young man approached us to chat about the city and asked what kind of photography I was doing – “I really like the lines and angles around here.” I said with a smile. He was holding a Nikon D3xxx series camera and clicking away happily.
You can see how the Glimmerglass filter has lowered the overall contrast of the photo above. The light in bright areas, like the clouds and parts of the metal grab rails, is spread around. When some people suggest this filter results in a filmic look, I suspect they are referring to the halation around these bright areas. I like it. The result is not as obvious as some diffusion filters, like the Tiffen Black Pro-Mist. And at 1/8 strength, I think the Glimmerglass is regularly usable during the day and won’t announce itself strongly.
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