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Published: 2015-03-14 20:01:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 1395; Favourites: 151; Downloads: 0
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Thank you for taking the time to view this work, it is appreciated. Lee Big Stopper and graduated ND filter were used on this shot.Related content
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Thank you appreciated
Lens wise its a CosinaΒ 19-35mm, 3.5-4.4 not a class act but all I can afford, one day a canon wide angle is my dream!
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Thank you my friend
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Beautiful capture. I love using my Lee filters, they make such a difference!
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Thank you, I am only just discovering lee filters, have two at present, the cost is a bit restrictive. If you dont mind me asking, which ones do you tend to use?
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Not at all. I agree, the cost is very restrictive, but the quality is just amazing. I have a few Lee filters, but the ones I most commonly use are the 0.3 ND's soft or hard grads depending on the scene. Sometimes I use the 0.6 and very rarely need the 0.9. If you have the 0.3 & 0.6 you can always double them up for a 0.9 or stagger them.
I read that for landscape photography, people recommended the hard grads, but I've found that they often darken some parts of the image too much! I favor the soft grad personally or the 0.3 hard as it's not too dark.
This ( The Storr ) is a photo I messed up with a hard grad! I didn't have a soft grad at the time, and had to use the 0.9 because the sun was so bright and I was shooting from a shaded spot. The grad is angled to the sky/horizon line and made the top of the rock very dark. I spent ages in post-processing trying to undo the grad on the rock only and am still not 100% satisfied with my photo. I think a soft grad still may have darkened the rock, but nowhere near as dramatically as the hard grad did.
I don't know if you looked at any of the color filters, but any effects like that can always be applied post-processing. If I were to suggest a color, I'd say I use the "Sunset Orange" mostly and "Coral" sometimes. I don't think they are worth getting though, I would get the ND's instead.
I hope that is some help at least. If you want to see examples of the color filters, I have some unpublished photos I can put on mt stash to show you.
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Tom thank you so much (albeit very belatedly!) for this extremely detailed and exceedingly helpful response. I can truly say this is the most detailed and informative response i have ever recieved. thank you so much indeed, its been very useful indeed.
Simon
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Thank you so much indeed
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Thank you thats appreciated
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You're welcome.
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Thank you so much indeed
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Thank you so much indeed
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Jonathan thank you so much indeed
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Thank you my friend
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Dan thank you the sky was moody the filters I think enhanced it
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Wow Great work,very dramatic
So just a straight Neutral density or did you also use a Graduated Filter to get the contrasts in the sky?
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Thank you Brian appreciated, graduated nd9 filter, first time I have tried using the two together
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Certainly the results show the effort
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