Post Your Graduated Neutral Density Sample Shots Please

This certainly tames Lake Michigan.

Treat me like a tourist wrote in post #10005681
I dont always use the Lee holder, infact i rarely do these days i prefer to handhold infront of a 77mm CPL. Just wondering if the reduction in glass makes it a pain to hand hold.

There is finger room around the side of the filter, but I don't know if I'd like to hold if for that long a time! Even during the day I was getting an exposure of around 60seconds, so for dusk and dawn shots thats going to go up pretty quickly!

Simon

Sauchterlonie wrote in post #10006079
There is finger room around the side of the filter, but I don't know if I'd like to hold if for that long a time! Even during the day I was getting an exposure of around 60seconds, so for dusk and dawn shots thats going to go up pretty quickly!

Simon

I seriously wouldn't want to hand hold the filter for a 60 minute exposure.

I've just done a four and a half min exposure tonight and I was sick of waiting never mind having to hold the bloomin thing!! It was supposed to be a 32min exposure but I wasn't going to wait that long, so I just turned up the iso.

Simon

You don't want to suffer for your art?

Tsk tsk...

Here's one from this morning, 3 stop hard plus 2 stop soft.

How do you meter/calculate your shutter speed when you stack two filters like that? Is that 5 stops or 6 when you use 3+2?

avwh wrote in post #10009590
How do you meter/calculate your shutter speed when you stack two filters like that? Is that 5 stops or 6 when you use 3+2?

This is what I do, it takes a while but after you get use to using GND's you can (or at least I usually can) just look at the scene and come know pretty close to what strength GND or GND's you will need. I actually started with just the 3 stop, took a shot then checked my histogram and seen the sky was too bright so I added the 2 stop, and yes 3+2=5 .
I usually spot meter off somewhere in the foreground then dial back the exposure 1/3 or 2/3.
Hope this helps.

^That's a sweet shot Daniel.

jdizzle wrote in post #10009970
^That's a sweet shot Daniel.

Thanks Julian, I was afraid I might be a bit rusty, I had not got out to shoot anything in a while.

I just ordered from Teamwork a pair of Hitech Reverse GND filters (2 and 3 stops). Been reading good things about the reverse filters and I want to give it a try.

gixxer wrote in post #10009904
This is what I do, it takes a while but after you get use to using GND's you can (or at least I usually can) just look at the scene and come know pretty close to what strength GND or GND's you will need. I actually started with just the 3 stop, took a shot then checked my histogram and seen the sky was too bright so I added the 2 stop, and yes 3+2=5 .
I usually spot meter off somewhere in the foreground then dial back the exposure 1/3 or 2/3.
Hope this helps.

That helps a lot. Thanks!

One from last year, Bamurgh beach- Northumberland. Its old but its a mark of celebration as i have just booked a holiday to return there in September, can't wait.

Treat me like a tourist wrote in post #10011213
One from last year, Bamurgh beach- Northumberland. Its old but its a mark of celebration as i have just booked a holiday to return there in September, can't wait.

This is great Andrew. Love the conversion.

Here ist something from Germany.
I´had tried to catch a little bit of the dust in the clouds from Icelands Vulkan.
Cheers
Raik

40D
Tokina 12-24
Hitech 0.9 Reverse + 0.3 SE

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