Graduated Neutral Density Filter, question about metering and correct exposure?
Screamin Scott wrote: Yes, it's best to meter off of the foreground (that's what you want properly exposed), switch to manual mode & retain the previous meter reading for the shot. Hope you didn't get a circular grad ND...The reason I say that is because you have no way to adjust where the grad line starts & compositionally, you don't want a scene where the horizon splits the frame in half (rule of thirds)... The Cokin style (square filters that slide in a holder) filters allow you to adjust where you want the line to start...
Screamin Scott wrote: Yes, it's best to meter off of the foreground (that's what you want properly exposed), switch to manual mode & retain the previous meter reading for the shot. Hope you didn't get a circular grad ND...The reason I say that is because you have no way to adjust where the grad line starts & compositionally, you don't want a scene where the horizon splits the frame in half (rule of thirds)... The Cokin style (square filters that slide in a holder) filters allow you to adjust where you want the line to start...
I have grad ND s from Cokin in both Blue and Grey (sort of a Civil War thing 
) and they work very well. Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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Screamin Scott wrote: Yes, it's best to meter off of the foreground (that's what you want properly exposed), switch to manual mode & retain the previous meter reading for the shot. Hope you didn't get a circular grad ND...The reason I say that is because you have no way to adjust where the grad line starts & compositionally, you don't want a scene where the horizon splits the frame in half (rule of thirds)... The Cokin style (square filters that slide in a holder) filters allow you to adjust where you want the line to start...
First off, I ordered Cokin's. Second - I don't need to move the exposure after I slide the filter over? OHHHHHH WAITTT I think I finally get it. If I move the exposure I would be back at square one still right? OK, I get it, I want to keep the same exposure because if the sky is approx 2 stops lighter and it's a 2 stop ND filter. Gotcha!!!
You guys are great!!!
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