1. A warming circular polarizer. This filter is the best of both worlds because it warms the image as well as polarizes. Plus you can avoid vignetting in the corners of the frames caused by stacking too many filters on top of each other.
2. A polarizer is very nice for removing reflections and accentuating color saturation. Don't turn them to maximum when deepening the blue sky or the sky may go nearly black.
3. 81A and 81B warming filters are used to subtract blue from an image. They work well when photographing in the shade or in the middle of the day when the reflected light from the sky tends to produce a bluish cast on subjects. (Note: Photoshop CS has a built in adjustment layer to replicate the effects of this and other color correction filters. If you forget your warming filter you can digitally alter your image to reproduce the effects of a warming filter)
4. Split neutral density filters - 2 & 3 stop Hard Edge and Soft Edge (see the picture above) These filters are used to balance out overly bright areas within the image. These filters generally slide into Cokin P sized filter holders. You can buy different sized rings for your Cokin holder which will allow you to use the holder on different sized lens threads.
5. Enhancing filters are kind of like rose colored glasses. They tend to emphasize pinks, reds and oranges.
6. Blue/Yellow polarizer. Kind of a nice touch on occasion. It can produce dramatic effects on autumn foliage or reflections in ponds and streams.
7. FLD (takes green cast out of florescent lighting)

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