Welding Glass (£1/$1 ND Filter) Exposures

Anke wrote in post #14524583
A fantastic piece of handiwork. Looks quite heavy though, does it stay on the camera ok?

Not heavy at all, it's aluminum, it weighs about the same as the glass, plus the camera will always be on a tripod when shooting. It screws onto the lens via the filter.

the jimmy wrote in post #14524818
Not heavy at all, it's aluminum, it weighs about the same as the glass, plus the camera will always be on a tripod when shooting. It screws onto the lens via the filter.

Ahh I see, ok, it looks deceivingly heavy.

Tenby Harbour - West Wales, UK

Three exposures with the welding glass, HDR combined and most of the colour cast removed in LR4, the colour cast gives it an old film feel I think.

marcwilliams88 wrote in post #14533135
Tenby Harbour - West Wales, UK

Three exposures with the welding glass, HDR combined and most of the colour cast removed in LR4, the colour cast gives it an old film feel I think.

OOoooooh now that I really like!

marcwilliams88 wrote in post #14533135
Tenby Harbour - West Wales, UK

Three exposures with the welding glass, HDR combined and most of the colour cast removed in LR4, the colour cast gives it an old film feel I think.

Wow now thats an awesome shot, nice job!

Another use for the welding glass today! Venus transit across the Sun!

Jetjoint wrote in post #14538002
Another use for the welding glass today! Venus transit across the Sun!

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Nice use of the glass!

Jetjoint wrote in post #14538002
Another use for the welding glass today! Venus transit across the Sun!

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This is Cool!

We just had a Harbor Freight open near us.. Might have to take a ride to see if they have any glass..

I was going to do this same thing but we had storms moving through by us at the time this was supposed to be happening. Thanks for sharing!

Jetjoint wrote in post #14538002
Another use for the welding glass today! Venus transit across the Sun!

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i was thinking about doing this too, however my 200mm wouldn't be long enough to capture the sun. nice capture though!

D80 + 28-75 F2.8
F4
20 Seconds
ISO200

This is cool! Tomorrow, I am going to head down to the beach and have some fun with this!

Good AM All..

Bright sunny day today.. Going shooting after work with this set up..

Fun Fun Fun!!

marcwilliams88 wrote in post #14533135
Tenby Harbour - West Wales, UK

Three exposures with the welding glass, HDR combined and most of the colour cast removed in LR4, the colour cast gives it an old film feel I think.

A beauty

Jetjoint wrote in post #14538002
Another use for the welding glass today! Venus transit across the Sun!

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Nicely done, excellent!

Ok...so photographed the Transit of Venus as well. I used my 50d since it had a cropped sensor. With my 70-200 mm lens on it, as well as a 2X convertor. My exposure was f/11, 1/100, ISO 160. Manual focus with a shutter release. I also used my DIY solar filter. Which consisted of a UV filter and a replacement #12 welding glass. I used a hot glue gun to attach the welding glass to the UV filter.

Filter

c2thew wrote in post #14540535
i was thinking about doing this too, however my 200mm wouldn't be long enough to capture the sun. nice capture though!

I used my 70-200mm on my 7d and then cropped to get the result you see!

Thanks for all the comments.

Jay, I see your shot is upside down! Must be in the Northern Hemisphere