Post Your Graduated Neutral Density Sample Shots Please

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12349410
What a difference between soft and hard edge? what do they do differently by looks?

Hard edge means the line between the dark area and light area of the filter is a straight line.... while on soft edge filters the Dark are fades into the clear area along the middle...

to eliminate the line of the hard filter you need to feather it or put it exactly on the horizon to hide it AFAIK. I have never used a HE though... ask Julian for further explanation hehe

monk3y wrote in post #12349424
Hard edge means the line between the dark area and light area of the filter is a straight line.... while on soft edge filters the Dark are fades into the clear area along the middle...

to eliminate the line of the hard filter you need to feather it or put it exactly on the horizon to hide it AFAIK. I have never used a HE though... ask Julian for further explanation hehe

ok this makes perfect sense i think i want a soft edge

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12349478
ok this makes perfect sense i think i want a soft edge

now you need to pay me consultation fee hahaha

monk3y wrote in post #12349530
now you need to pay me consultation fee hahaha

i have 5 cents

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12349574
i have 5 cents

cheapskate

monk3y wrote in post #12349398
D700 at 12mm... hand held with an 85mm GND and then cropped since my GND is smaller than the lens ahahaha

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to Mantalungon by bee_tee_double_you, on Flickr

Wow! Nice photo! That place looks awesome. I would like to travel somewhere like that soon...

monk3y wrote in post #12344197
Thank you Beski.. you can check my answer to Geoff above... basically the lower falls has no shade and was actually brighter than the upper falls so I inverted the GND putting the dark portion below and the light portion above to even out the scene but somehow the upper portion came out a bit brighter

yes the GND was just there to even out the scene


here's another shot of another falls on the same day this time the dark portion of the GND is on top

ND1.2 + GND 3 stops

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Mambukal-0092 by bee_tee_double_you, on Flickr

Ditto on this shot too. It must be a luxury to have such photogenic places to travel to. How much do you have to travel for these shots?

monk3y wrote in post #12349637
cheapskate

NO really thats all i have stupid 70-200 II

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12349738
Wow! Nice photo! That place looks awesome. I would like to travel somewhere like that soon...

Thank you very much

I just saw the scene while the sun was beaming at it and thought I should take this shot... its a dirt road going up to a small town. quite scenic though this was actually one of my first shots with the D700 when I got it almost a year ago.

its about a 2hour drive from where I am... there is actually nothing there hehe

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12349748
Ditto on this shot too. It must be a luxury to have such photogenic places to travel to. How much do you have to travel for these shots?

Thank you, I shot this on another island... I went there last Holyweek drove around for 1400km and shot these waterfalls (4 of them) and a lot of other things.

Another shot taken with a

Hoya 3 stop Screw In filter + the cheap GND 3 stop

you can definitely see how bad I am at PP, I did not even remove the spot on the upper left

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ok last photo for the day

Taken with the GND 3 stop

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monk3y wrote in post #12349803
ok last photo for the day

Taken with the GND 3 stop

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May 23 2010 Sunset 7 by bee_tee_double_you, on Flickr

Now this photo is print worthy steven!!(max smiley)
do you have it closer to the water?

FricksPhotography wrote in post #12349835
Now this photo is print worthy steven!!(max smiley)
do you have it closer to the water?

Thank you Jake

I have some photos of it closer to the water but did not use any filters anymore so I can't post it here...you can see one on the Rate thread I just posted it for you

monk3y wrote in post #12349803
ok last photo for the day

Taken with the GND 3 stop

May 23 2010 Sunset 7 by bee_tee_double_you, on Flickr

^^ Stunning shot m8 - really, very nice work..

Another from me..

5D mark II - Canon EF 17-40 F/4 L - Hoya CPL - Lee Holder - Lee 0.9, 3 Stop Soft Grad - F8, 34mm


Llyn Teyrn - Snowdonia North Wales

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2filter is amazing i recieved my .6 soft lee last week i hadnt had any reson to use it till this morning and when i pulled it out today it s warped it has been on a flat surface and inside my house for the past week and it has not ben hot. long story short i called them told them and there sending me a new one and they are super nice about it