What a fabulous looking structure and sky. Talk to me about filters. You used one for this shot, yes? I don't have much in the form of gear. A camera, lens and remote timer. I should have some filters right? Fav.
@amandal Hi Amanda - I did use a filter as I often do - a Circular Polarising Filter. These are mainly bought to cut down reflections of water and the like but they also make skies darker with more contrast, cut through haze and give foliage a bit more of a punch. The only real downsides are that you lose a couple of stops or so depending how much light you are polarising (most if not all filters rotate to allow adjustment adjustment) and cost of course. Well worth considering, though.
There are other commonly used filters as well - ND Grads (Neutral Density Graduated) to help reduce the exposure of overly bright skies in landscapes - I'm waiting on some of these to turn up - they are half darkened (normally 1, 2 or 3 stops) and half clear.
Standard NDs (completly darkened filter) help take longer exposures - some offer as much as 10 stops and can allow exposures of minutes even in daylight - they allow those really abstract shots to be taken with blurred skies and water.
Yes....Stunning is the word! What a great capture Kev!! Just lovely and so interesting. Sure glad I didn't live in those times. don't care much for rain!!! :) Another FAV
August 31st, 2013
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There are other commonly used filters as well - ND Grads (Neutral Density Graduated) to help reduce the exposure of overly bright skies in landscapes - I'm waiting on some of these to turn up - they are half darkened (normally 1, 2 or 3 stops) and half clear.
Standard NDs (completly darkened filter) help take longer exposures - some offer as much as 10 stops and can allow exposures of minutes even in daylight - they allow those really abstract shots to be taken with blurred skies and water.
Hope this helps.