Photographs taken of mudflats with a camera polarizer filter rotated to two different angles. In the first picture, the polarizer is rotated to maximize reflections, and in the second, it is rotated 90° to minimize reflections - almost all reflected sunlight is eliminated.

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Photographs taken of mudflats with a camera polarizer filter rotated to two different angles. In the first picture, the polarizer is rotated to maximize reflections, and in the second, it is rotated 90° to minimize reflections - almost all reflected sunlight is eliminated.



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