sunset with nd grads

[kev]

hi , well i received a set of ND grads for Christmas so yesterday afternoon i had a play with them.

ive watched a few online videos on how to use them,so here`s my first attempts.

any comments good or bad or advice would be greatly received

thanks kev

 

 

 

[ChrisLumix]

Apart from one thing only, those seem to have worked well. (I'm sure you know which is the 'bum bit'?)

[Leon]

no1 is not really a strong image, lens flare ect.... no2 I like

[Caz]

No1 has a purple cast as the filter gets denser, my tiffen 3.0 10 stop does this

[Guest]

Shooting into the sun is difficult but worth practising as the results can be dramatic.

The first pic shows how the ND filter has prevented the sun burning out but not the reflection where there was no filter. Only way round this is to have another filter inverted at the bottom or to re-frame to exclude the reflection.

 

Both pictures show that the exposure has not been corrected for the filter, the ground is very underexposed, unless this was your intention open up your exposures a bit in future.

 

The first shot is more suited to a soft grad but for the second I would choose a hard grad. Don't be afraid to stack grads when shooting into the sun either - I quite often use a 2 stop hard and 2.5 soft when shooting into the sun.

[kev]

Thanks Bill , points taken .

I only have a set of egay cheapies.

4 x full and 4 x graduated.

Have tried stacking them but will keep experimenting with them.

[Guest]

Have tried stacking them but will keep experimenting with them.

Tis the only way, keep up the good work.