Orange and Blue

We were up at fountains abbey near Rippon a few days ago when I got this shot of the beautiful autumn leaves against a crisp blue sky, this is pleasing to the eye because the colours used are complimentary, ie they are opposite each other on the colour wheel. It's always a good idea to look for complimentary colours when composing photographs and even better if you can isolate them.

To boost the saturation of the colours further I used a circular polarizing filter, you have to use a circular (as opposed to linear) polarizer with digital cameras, to technical to go into why. They screw in to the front of your lens any you just rotate them until you get the desired effect. CPL's really enhance the blues in skies and remove glare from water and generally work best at 90 degrees to the sun, I highly recommend them for landscape work.