With so much emphasis on Photoshopping everything these days, it was a nice change to use a polarizer filter again. This image is straight from the camera with no Photoshop work done. It was taken at 1pm on a warm summer day, so really not the best time to get dramatic lighting.
A polarizer is one of the few filters you need for in-camera image enhancement. It can save an otherwise boring landscape image and can be used with both film and digital cameras. To read how a polarizer filter works, read this wiki page.
Another filter used for in-camera effects is a Singh-Ray neutral density (ND) filter. ND filters are generally used for getting long shutter speeds on a bright day. Check out the work of Canadian photographers Darwin Wigget and Daryl Benson to see how they master the ND filter effects. There are also lots of visual examples on the Singh-Ray blog with links to many photographers including Wigget and Benson, who are using ND filters.
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