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[BroMiCs]

graduated neutral density filters.

Wow, thats a mouth full

No clue what that is, but I will have to look into it...
Just out of curiousity, what do they do and how do they work..

and ... cs5 eh... I just got that two days ago.. i was using cs2... what a difference... I feel like a newbie..lol

[Wicked Dark]

Here's some good starter info - Neutral density filter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Basically what a graduated ND filter will do for you is reduce the light coming into your lens for a portion of your scene. Because they're graduated from full density on the top to no density on the bottom, you can place the line between them in your scene at or near the horizon. This will even out the exposure by physically darkening the parts of the picture that are too light and giving you a more balanced dynamic range. I use them for sunrises particularly so that the foreground gets the light it needs, but the sky doesn't get cooked.

here's an example if you don't mind my posting in your thread -

[BroMiCs]

Wow that is a fantastic shot!!!!!

I tend to take a lot of sunset photo's so maybe i should invest in one.
My house faces west and every night I get an amazing show..
I have been up on my roof a few times with this camera since i got it but haven't really been able to capture what it really looked like. One thing that I hate is there are 50 million power wires in my view... so its almost inpossible to compose a great shot unless i use that sky only which looks very empty.

[Wicked Dark]

powerlines are the bane of a landscape photographer's existence.
oh and thanks for the compliment. I used both a polarizer and a GND on that one. It's crazy.

[BroMiCs]

mmmmm..... polerizer.... so nice....so expensive

[Marko]

Awesome landscape photographer Dawrin Wiggett did a podcast with us on polarizers and neutral density filters.

It's a really great podcast if i do say so myself and I recommend you take a listen.

77 – Neutral density filters – Graduated neutral density filters – Interview with D. Wiggett | Photography podcast - photography blog - Photography.ca

best!
Marko

[squirl033]

BroMic, you might look into ReDynaMix, as well. it's a cheap ($16 USD) downloadable plug-in for Photoshop that simulates HDR using a single exposure. i took the liberty of editing your original pic using it... spent all of about a minute on it, obviously with a more careful edit it would look even better. but this will give you an idea of what it can do..