Post Your Graduated Neutral Density Sample Shots Please

Martin.D wrote in post #12351271
^^ 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

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …martins_album/5​690147206/

This image looks a lot like Lake of Clouds in the Presidential Range New Hampshire. At first, that is what I thought it was.

pbelarge wrote in post #12351967
This image looks a lot like Lake of Clouds in the Presidential Range New Hampshire. At first, that is what I thought it was.

Really - Well, it's God's country, North Wales, UK

Martin.D wrote in post #12351271
^^ Stunning shot m8 - really, very nice work..

Another from me..

Thank you very much yours is very nice too


Here's an ND 4 stop + Cheap GND 3 stop photos

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Lee 0.9 Soft Grad + CPL

Llyn Teyrn - Landscape

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Martin I like this last one better than the portrait one

imposterjeff wrote in post #12351869
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

I am switching over to the Lee system myself too. I honestly was not too happy with the Singh-ray filters I ordered and sent them back. Only issue is having to wait so long for the Lee .9 grad filters. They had .6 in stock, but I think I need more than that.

Hope mine don't warp! Geez!

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12356826
I am switching over to the Lee system myself too. I honestly was not too happy with the Singh-ray filters I ordered and sent them back. Only issue is having to wait so long for the Lee .9 grad filters. They had .6 in stock, but I think I need more than that.

Hope mine don't warp! Geez!

what's wrong with the Singh Rays?

monk3y wrote in post #12356594
Martin I like this last one better than the portrait one

Hi, agreed - portrait is not my favorite but sometimes It would seem to be the correct thing to do untill you try an alternative..

monk3y wrote in post #12356897
what's wrong with the Singh Rays?

The color was fine, but even on my 10mm lens the gradients of the soft grad and reverse grad were all wrong. I had to shoot in portrait position just to get the soft grad started on the bottom of the frame and dark at the top. That was not acceptable for most of the shots I want to take. Completely useless in landscape positions, even for 3 stops, .9.

The reverse grad was pretty much useless as a reverse grad, since the top portion of the filter did not fade at all unless the bottom line of the ND was at the bottom of my frame. It was effectively a hard edge grad that cost 2 times as much as it should @ $190.

I've been following Patrick Smith and he uses the Lee filters a lot. His photos are my favorite landscapes out there, period. He is able to make those suckers sing!

The Singh-rays have great color (or lack there of) and build quality, but they just have the wrong gradients, IMO. Even on 10mm they were useless to me, really.

Lees are top-end and they cost half the price. No brainer!

Check out Patrick's Flickr. This dude is a landscape machine!

http://www.flickr.com …4888963745/in/p​hotostream

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12356826
Hope mine don't warp! Geez!

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12357049
Check out Patrick's Flickr. This dude is a landscape machine!

http://www.flickr.com …4888963745/in/p​hotostream

yea the warped thing she said was possibly from lee, they have real good customer service she wn and inspected teh next oe to make sure it wasnt warped and then sent it out to me.

I have been looking for a landcape phoographer to look into and i think i just found him which is cool since ill be in the california area next year

Circular polarizer plus 2 stop soft hand held.

3 stop Singh Ray GND and 3 Stop Rev Singh Ray GND

Pillars

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Another great shot Chuckie365. Love the colour and mood of the shot.

Canon_Lover wrote in post #12357049
The color was fine, but even on my 10mm lens the gradients of the soft grad and reverse grad were all wrong. I had to shoot in portrait position just to get the soft grad started on the bottom of the frame and dark at the top. That was not acceptable for most of the shots I want to take. Completely useless in landscape positions, even for 3 stops, .9.

The reverse grad was pretty much useless as a reverse grad, since the top portion of the filter did not fade at all unless the bottom line of the ND was at the bottom of my frame. It was effectively a hard edge grad that cost 2 times as much as it should @ $190.

I've been following Patrick Smith and he uses the Lee filters a lot. His photos are my favorite landscapes out there, period. He is able to make those suckers sing!

The Singh-rays have great color (or lack there of) and build quality, but they just have the wrong gradients, IMO. Even on 10mm they were useless to me, really.

Lees are top-end and they cost half the price. No brainer!

Check out Patrick's Flickr. This dude is a landscape machine!

http://www.flickr.com …4888963745/in/p​hotostream

That's odd. I never had issues with my Singh Rays. Lee filters are just as good but, they don't make a Reverse GND which I find very useful in my landscapes.

jdizzle wrote in post #12368638
That's odd. I never had issues with my Singh Rays. Lee filters are just as good but, they don't make a Reverse GND which I find very useful in my landscapes.

The reverse they gave me was pretty much a hard edge ND grad. No lightening up top.

Do you get any lightening up top on yours? Do you use P or X-pro size? It could be that I use 4x6 and the gradient is too spread out.