rhythmworx Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Interesting article here, may be of some help to someone who doesnt have or has forgot to bring an ND grad filter Here’s a simple trick for landscape photos: when shooting a landscape photo that needs a hard edge graduated ND filter, you can use your hand. Yes your hand! It’s a technique I’ve been using in my own work recently.I haven’t purchased a graduated ND filter because I’ve relied on Lightroom and Photoshop to even out the exposure of skies when I need too. But I am liking the result I’m getting by using my hand. Here is an example of a situation in which I would use this technique: http://petapixel.com/2016/02/04/you-can-use-your-hand-as-a-graduated-nd-filter-for-landscape-photos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Hi Rythmworx Was thinking of you and the post you made here,whilst I was on the beach at Scheveningen a couple of weeks back. I am also not in possession of a any ND filters (yet) and so I gave the magic cloth (in my case hand) method a try out. Very much trial and error,but it does work quite well.Still nowhere as good or as much control as a filter,but when needs must!!! Apologies for the images not being taken in Thailand,but I wanted to show my results. Five second exposure for the first image and six seconds for the second,both were @ f/18. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 You've just sparked an idea shaggy so i thought I'd share it. If you've ever looked at the Lee filters website they have all kinds of gradiated orange sunset filters, blue ocean filters etc... If you own a printer you can buy transparent sheets in A4 for printing onto, some are only 100 microns thick/thin. In theory you could load up photoshop create your own gradient that fades into 100% transparency and print it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 In theory,it could work!!! I suppose the only thing that yo would need to be careful,is scratching the surface! Give it a try fella and let us know how it goes. I have just acquired an old welders glass screen from my work, which will give me a 30 second daylight exposure at f4. It will however throw a really nasty green colour cast over the image,but am sure nothing that can't be corrected. Just got to make a mount for it and it will be good to go!!! El cheapo's or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhythmworx Posted May 22, 2016 Author Share Posted May 22, 2016 2 decent elastic bands of the right size is all you need shaggy, over back of your camera on eaxh side and onto the sides of the glass. Photo here http://www.alexwisephotography.net/blog/2013/07/07/create-yourself-a-neutral-density-filter-for-under-10/ ----- As for the scratches on the printed gels, thats a good point, glue some silk to cardboard and make a wallet for them. I'm not joking either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaggy1969 Posted May 22, 2016 Share Posted May 22, 2016 Cheers for that mate.......suppose I'd better fork out on some rubber bands now,although I did see some pretty nice ones in our office Sorting out the colour cast wont be an issue. https://youtu.be/K0UncSBqn3k Am happy with that link you sent showing how the guy set his up.It also had a chart showing different grades of welding glass and their equivalent grades to the ND filters.Looks like I have got myself a free 10 stop ND filter and as of tomorrow,an 12.8 one also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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