Tonight`s posting is a sun set on the Canon 1 D mark 4 the set up time had to be very quick.
The was very bright and there were no clouds to hide the glare so i used some Filters tonight.
1: Hoya 77mm MC-ND2 srew on Filter
Neutral density (ND) filters are designed to reduce the amount of light that gets to the image sensor in your digital camera without affecting the colour. Since it dims the whole image, it allows you to keep your shutter open a bit longer or set a wide lens aperture while avoiding overexposure in brighter conditions.
If you have ever seen a photo where the water looks like a silky stream of fog rolling over rocks, then most probably that photograph was taken with the help of a neutral density filter. Also, achieving shallow depth of field in bright light is very hard. Using a neutral density filter, you can not only slow action down enough to get the effect of a soft blurred water , but you can also improve the background blur behind your subject - a highly desirable feature for many photographers.
Utilising a neutral density filter can be very handy when you want to make moving objects less apparent or even invisible in a scene. Imagine that you are trying to capture an image of a building but you find the moving cars and people in your scene distracting. Using a higher grade neutral density filter will allow you to shoot at a longer exposure where any individual person or vehicle will not be in the image long enough to register.
Neutral density filters come with various assigned filter factors which indicate the amount of light reduction. Be aware that different manufacturers label the filter factors differently making it sometimes difficult to understand how much light a given ND filter blocks. The effects are the same, only the labelling is different:
Amount of Light Blocked in f-stops Amount of Light Blocked in Fraction Nikon, Hoya, B+W and Cokin Tiffen, Lee Leica
1 1/2 ND2, ND2X 0.3 ND 2X
2 1/4 ND4, ND4X 0.6 ND 4X
3 1/8 ND8, ND8X 0.9ND 8X
4 1/16 ND16, ND16X 1.2 ND 16X
5 1/32 ND32, ND32X 1.5 ND 32X
6 1/64 ND64, ND64X 1.8 ND 64X
2:Cokin warming filter
Canon 1 Dmark4 1/500 sec, F.stop 13, ISO 2000
Last night
1:Cokin warming filter
2: polarizer Filter
Polarizing filters (aka "polarizers") are perhaps the most important of any filter for landscape photography. They work by reducing the amount of reflected light that passes to your camera's sensor. Similar to polarizing sunglasses, polarizers will make skies appear deeper blue, will reduce glare and reflections off of water and other surfaces, and will reduce the contrast between land and sky.
Canon 1 Dmark4 1/500 sec, F.stop 7.1 , ISO 125
The Cokin warming filter
Cokin Landscape 1 filter kit: Warm 81 EF (P037)
A simple square of light orangey yellow plastic, the warm up filter will add an element of warmth to a Sunset evening sky and you can also work the camera in the K and bring it down to 3200 tungsten lighting if it is to warm.
Mounting on the end of your camera
In the case of front camera lens filters, you can fit the lens filter with the use of a filter holder kit. Front camera lens filters are generally more flexible than the circular versions as they can be used on any lens diameter, however can feel more cumbersome to use as they need to be held in front of the lens.
The was very bright and there were no clouds to hide the glare so i used some Filters tonight.
1: Hoya 77mm MC-ND2 srew on Filter
Neutral density (ND) filters are designed to reduce the amount of light that gets to the image sensor in your digital camera without affecting the colour. Since it dims the whole image, it allows you to keep your shutter open a bit longer or set a wide lens aperture while avoiding overexposure in brighter conditions.
If you have ever seen a photo where the water looks like a silky stream of fog rolling over rocks, then most probably that photograph was taken with the help of a neutral density filter. Also, achieving shallow depth of field in bright light is very hard. Using a neutral density filter, you can not only slow action down enough to get the effect of a soft blurred water , but you can also improve the background blur behind your subject - a highly desirable feature for many photographers.
Utilising a neutral density filter can be very handy when you want to make moving objects less apparent or even invisible in a scene. Imagine that you are trying to capture an image of a building but you find the moving cars and people in your scene distracting. Using a higher grade neutral density filter will allow you to shoot at a longer exposure where any individual person or vehicle will not be in the image long enough to register.
Neutral density filters come with various assigned filter factors which indicate the amount of light reduction. Be aware that different manufacturers label the filter factors differently making it sometimes difficult to understand how much light a given ND filter blocks. The effects are the same, only the labelling is different:
Amount of Light Blocked in f-stops Amount of Light Blocked in Fraction Nikon, Hoya, B+W and Cokin Tiffen, Lee Leica
1 1/2 ND2, ND2X 0.3 ND 2X
2 1/4 ND4, ND4X 0.6 ND 4X
3 1/8 ND8, ND8X 0.9ND 8X
4 1/16 ND16, ND16X 1.2 ND 16X
5 1/32 ND32, ND32X 1.5 ND 32X
6 1/64 ND64, ND64X 1.8 ND 64X
2:Cokin warming filter
Canon 1 Dmark4 1/500 sec, F.stop 13, ISO 2000
Last night
1:Cokin warming filter
2: polarizer Filter
Polarizing filters (aka "polarizers") are perhaps the most important of any filter for landscape photography. They work by reducing the amount of reflected light that passes to your camera's sensor. Similar to polarizing sunglasses, polarizers will make skies appear deeper blue, will reduce glare and reflections off of water and other surfaces, and will reduce the contrast between land and sky.
Canon 1 Dmark4 1/500 sec, F.stop 7.1 , ISO 125
The Cokin warming filter
Cokin Landscape 1 filter kit: Warm 81 EF (P037)
A simple square of light orangey yellow plastic, the warm up filter will add an element of warmth to a Sunset evening sky and you can also work the camera in the K and bring it down to 3200 tungsten lighting if it is to warm.
Mounting on the end of your camera
In the case of front camera lens filters, you can fit the lens filter with the use of a filter holder kit. Front camera lens filters are generally more flexible than the circular versions as they can be used on any lens diameter, however can feel more cumbersome to use as they need to be held in front of the lens.
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