A circular polarising filter allows you to filter out light reflecting off certain surfaces.

I use a Hoya circular polariser with a 52mm thread for my smaller zooms and my 50mm prime lens. It looks like this:

It kind of looks like the lens you might see on a pair of sunglasses, and it actually works in a similar way (if those sunnies are polarised, that is).

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