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

thanks anke, yeah i will be watching the clouds everyday now haha.

and canonloader, you just slide the tint slider to the right.(in lightroom)

I thought that's what it was. I always shoot in RAW, so I might shoot one with a white card and find out what the numbers are.

canonloader wrote in post #10168032
Do you remember offhand, where the post is on how to get rid of the green? I think I have an idea, but need to brush up on it.

Yep, as Will says, whack that Tint all the way to the right and you are pretty much there

Here is a shot from today, no clouds at all in the sky this time.
60 sec exposure

will.mcg wrote in post #10169765
Here is a shot from today, no clouds at all in the sky this time.
60 sec exposure

Wonderful! Just love that PP.

Thanks anke! im really stoked i stumbled on this thread and decided to try it

This is a fun thread. I have tried using the filter, but i'm having a difficult time utilizing it to it's fullest potential.

I'll try to get some better examples of this tomorrow.

c2thew wrote in post #10175843
This is a fun thread. I have tried using the filter, but i'm having a difficult time utilizing it to it's fullest potential.

I'll try to get some better examples of this tomorrow.

What troubles are you having? Can you post up your attempts so far?

will.mcg wrote in post #10164538
Here is my first shot at 30 seconds

i <3 this one

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lack for the better part: interesting subjects.

Here is my first attempt through the #10 glass I bought the other day. Not sure what happened. I prefocussed, then shut off AF on the lens. The glass was held on to the petal style hood of the Bigma, mounted backwards, and held in place with rubber bands. This worked very well, and was tight against the front of the lens. I shot in Manual Mode for 30", on a tripod and using the remote cord, but not MLU. So I'm not sure why the right side is in focus and the left side is blurred, except for one small part where the shingles on the roof go off the frame. I did clean the glass with filter cleaner and a microfiber cloth.

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Thanks Anke, Matt & elses_

Had a second go tonight (well actually the third, the shots from yesterday went all to trash).
Yeah, you could say it makes a bit of flare

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Bunny wrote in post #10186256
Thanks Anke, Matt & elses_

Had a second go tonight (well actually the third, the shots from yesterday went all to trash).
Yeah, you could say it makes a bit of flare

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I hope my remote and Cokin adapter ring arrive soon..

Looks good! Nice PP too. Flare appears to be the enemy on these pieces of glass, I've taken to putting my hood over the glass during the exposures.

canonloader wrote in post #10184585
Here is my first attempt through the #10 glass I bought the other day. Not sure what happened. I prefocussed, then shut off AF on the lens. The glass was held on to the petal style hood of the Bigma, mounted backwards, and held in place with rubber bands. This worked very well, and was tight against the front of the lens. I shot in Manual Mode for 30", on a tripod and using the remote cord, but not MLU. So I'm not sure why the right side is in focus and the left side is blurred, except for one small part where the shingles on the roof go off the frame. I did clean the glass with filter cleaner and a microfiber cloth.

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Hmm, that's an odd one? Does it do it to each image in exactly the same way?

^ move your tint to +150

also, use a steadier tripod to reduce the blurred images.