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How I use ND Grad Filters when taking photos

November 30, 2014. 18 comments.

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18 Responses to “How I use ND Grad Filters when taking photos”

Illogic69 says:

November 30, 2014 at 11:20 pm

I much rather use filters than bracketing. As much as can be done in camera
the better :)
Robert Herrera says:

November 30, 2014 at 11:36 pm

Instead of carrying around filters… couldn’t you just take two exposures,
stack them in Photoshop, mask out one of the exposures (sky) and then just
do a gradient overlay on the mask? This to me takes too long unless you
have that kinda time to kill.
beauchampy says:

November 30, 2014 at 11:42 pm

Shit thats a great idea!
SchneiderMan says:

November 30, 2014 at 11:48 pm

Looks like they don’t have any anti-reflective coatings on
Gordon Heaney says:

December 1, 2014 at 12:42 am

Are they soft or hard grads? I had both but sold the hard one and only use
the soft one, but wondering now if I made the wrong decision.
Dom Bower says:

December 1, 2014 at 12:55 am

How i use ND grad filters for my work photography
http://youtu.be/k8COUkryVvc
Dombowerphoto says:

December 1, 2014 at 1:12 am
WouterNL says:

December 1, 2014 at 1:27 am

Or you can just buy a proper filter. I understand you want to show how easy
it is and how it actually works but my opinion is that you are setting out
a wrong example.
Andreas Christensen says:

December 1, 2014 at 2:09 am

as a pro photographer you really need a tripod. and use a filter holder ffs
;)
M Potter says:

December 1, 2014 at 2:20 am

Please explain while you’re doing it on higher professional video quality
for YouTube.
D Cleere says:

December 1, 2014 at 2:45 am

Thank you for showing how great it improves a dull sky. Mucho appreciated.
Ted Partrick says:

December 1, 2014 at 2:59 am

This is a big help. It will save a lot of fiddling in lightroom or
photoshop.
Maurizio Solis says:

December 1, 2014 at 3:38 am

first
Anthelix00 says:

December 1, 2014 at 4:12 am

Hi Dom !
Very interesting video !
How do you avoid scratching your filters ? Do you use a rubber band around
your lens ?
How do you choose filter density ?
Derek bell-jack says:

December 1, 2014 at 4:25 am

lee soft grad filters?
googleboughtmee says:

December 1, 2014 at 5:14 am

Brilliant vid. I notice they use these on top gear quite a lot to get cool
dramatic skys.
DanKPhotography says:

December 1, 2014 at 6:08 am

Whoa! Watch the man on the sidewalk disappear at 6:42 of the video. I did
not know ND filters also make people disappear haha.
Amy Neville says:

December 1, 2014 at 6:44 am

I think grad filters have their place. It’s true you can get a better
effect with bracketing, but if you are pressed for time at least there is
some alternative out there. If you just have 1 saturated area in a photo
the customer won’t be able to tell the difference really.

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