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Reverse ND Grads
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Fintan,
I already have some standard Lee ND Grads.
The thing with standard grads is that whilst they’ll darken down the sunrise/sunset strip just above the horizon they also darken down the sky that sits above this strip. The sky above is already significantly darker than sunrise/sunset strip that you want to tone done so doesn’t really require the full effect of the filter.
A reverse ND grad will apply less filtration to the area above the bright sunrise/set strip.
Look at how dark the top 1/5th of this image is… it shouldn’t be so dark but the 5 stops of standard grad I was applying to the sunset also darkened down the sky that sat above it.
But would a reverse grad in this case not have an adverse effect on the lighthouse which is one of the key elements in this shot ?
Pete, I don’t want to sound rude but… I’m really not bothered debating this to be honest. Feel free to further your discussion in General Photography Q&A if you so choose.
If you know where to buy them in Europe then please enlighten us, otherwise…
My gut feeling is they can only be purchased in the US.
I see your problem, its not a problem I’ve encountered, I like darkened skies luckily. And yes USA or Canada it seems unfortunatly
I sent off an email to Lee Filters about it, I’ll post if I get a reply.
jb7 wrote:
How about using two gradual filters, and reversing one?
now can you explain how?
seems to be a concept too big for my brain..Use 2 grads,
put the lighter one upside down,
where the two cross will have greater density…mmmm I think that the dark edge will result in a very strait line across the picture…
this solution is already causing problems to my brain :DSorry… you’re too fast. I erased.
I was saying that that your suggestion might not work because the physical filter edge would cross the image and might get messy. I’m use the 100mm filters and I don’t think that this size would suffice.
Thanks for that Fintan, sure let us know.
Thanks everyone.
If I had grads I’d try it, before dismissing it-
but my interests lie elsewhere…Just had a 120 year old Suter Aplanat delivered-
I’m just so excited…jb7 wrote:
Just had a 120 year old Suter Aplanat delivered
and I was thinking that mine was a bad camera-gear-addiction…
Well, I can’t talk for your bad cameras,
but I can’t really say until I test it…Sorry nfl, shouldn’t really be talking about it here,
but I just couldn’t contain myself, had to tell somebody…Stop now-
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