Getting a pair of target shooting glasses is essential when you go clay pigeon shooting, not least for the essential purpose of providing you with eye protection in case of any splinters or other debris flying your way.
However, while any pair will be designed to do this, other issues will determine the specific pair you need on any one occasion.
Indeed, when it comes to tints, you may need more than one pair, although in some cases a dual-tinted pair is the best thing.
However, there are specific situations where a certain colour is ideal. Anyone who has been shooting most of the winter will have encountered a lot of gloomy, cloudy conditions with poor light. But even in winter, there can be days of blue skies and dazzling sunshine.
There are three possible colours to choose from for dealing with a day of blue skies and sun:
· Purple
· Copper
· Grey
Each of these colours will reduce glare and also improve the contrast between the orange clay and a blue sky.
What Is The Science behind Lens Tints And Visual Contrasts?
This happens even though of these three, only purple is close to blue in the spectrum and only copper is adjacent to orange. However, because the tint can reduce glare, the key then becomes the enhancement of the contrast.
The science behind this comes from considering the visible spectrum, which does not include all the colours we see. Blue is very visible, of course, being the colour that is visible when all other light frequencies have been scattered (the Rayleigh scattering effect).
However, while that explains why the sky is blue, there are colours beyond the visible spectrum that can still be discerned by the human eye and brain, purple among them.
This means the ultimate effect is for your eye to be able to detect contrasts in colours, with this translating into some tints being better for particular conditions.
It might all seem very complex stuff, but it can be made very simple when you put the right lenses in and enjoy getting a clear sight of the clay as you prepare to pull the trigger.
