nd grads and full nd filters????

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hi all.
This is another of the newbie questions and am sorry if it has been covered before.
could someone tell me how I would use these types of filters please.
have seen loads of pictures and know the advantages of using them just I don't know how!!
:D

thanks Ben.
 
An ND lets you use longer shutter speeds for various reasons, one would be
to smooth out the water in say a seascape..

An ND Grad helps keep some detail in a sky that would probably just white out..


Places hard hat on and awaits correction ... :lol:



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I have a set of ND filter.....can be used for a few different reasons...ones I use the for are

1. Long shutter speed in day time, e.g. on a flowing river or waterfall to capture the water looking misty.

2. If you need a certain shutter speed to capture a shot, but it is still too bright and part white out, you can use a low ND filter to tone it down. e.g I was shooting a mate on a motor bike and I needed a shutter of 1/40 for what I was after, really bright day and the picture came out extremely bright, so I used an ND filter to act as 'sun glasses'

thats all I know anyways lol
 
how would I go setting up the camera to use these filters?
Do I keep them on and let the camera work things out or do I set the shot up then put the filter/grad on then compensate for the light?

Ben.
 
Depends what your after, some time you might need to set your specific setting then see which filter fits best if the setting are quite specific

if your doing a long exposure it's just trial and error, try one filter might only give you 5 sec exposure so you might need a different density, will depend upon the light at that time

what are you having in mind?
 
mostly it will be sea scapes, so lots of sky and water, other times it will be in the woods shooting rivers and streams.

what other situations could I use one?
 
Tbh they are the only ways I have used them so far

my next way I am testing some pictures with is a picture of a light bulb filiement while on, I may need them for that as even on dim it might not be dim enough, so the nd would act to tone it all down further

other people might have situations to use them in
 
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