Gonna put myself up to be shot down, oh well whats new. I have done a fair bit of night photography with and without a UV/skylight, only once with I may add. Most of my night photography is done with a 50mm prime, which IMO is very good at handling all the reflections from streetlights etc. Put a skylight on it and Heeeello its a Pink Floyd concert. (That can be cool but I dont want it in my shots) The thing with street scenes is that the light is coming from many directions, which IMO is what causes allot of the problem. That said the images that do not flair look no different than images without a filter colour wise, both with film and digital, so I would tend to agree with Michelle that the amount of UV at night is at most negligible. I use a skylight less and less these days, if I get time over the w/e a may go out and do some with and without shots to post here. I am more inclined these days to use Michelles thinking of just using a lens cap. My main filters that I do use are a polarizer, NG grad and a ND (for water scenes to prevent blown highlights with a long exposure) I do find that a skylight can cut out some haze in some situations. (so can PS) ..Ready Aim Fire.. LOL

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