There are a wide variety of lenses and filters available to increase
the range of options you have for shooting a photograph.
Note that not all digital cameras come with the ability to attach
different lenses and filters. Check the manual for your camera.
Graduated
A polarizing filter can be the most useful filter to own. A Polarizing
filter can deepen the color and contrast in the sky, eliminate glare
from water or reflective surfaces, or cut through fog like haze. Soft
Focus filters generate more diffused looks for romantic, moody,
atmospheric, foggy or glowing effects in your shots.
Cooling filters add more blue to an image giving a psychological
effect of calming or serenity in the final image. Warming filters cut
out excess blue in an overcast sky to add more reddish tones to the
image and make your photos look less harsh.
Finally, graduated lenses help for scenes that have a huge difference
in light level - eg late in the day when the sky is still bright, but
the foreground is in shadow.
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See examples of filters at work, plus explanations of which
filters you should use and should not use - and one that should
never be used. All in my "Digital Photo Secrets"
book.