A Ten-Step Program for Grad ND Filters

I have a couple of Lee graduated neutral density filters in my camera bag.  I don’t use them very much because I’m kind of an HDR guy.  But the past couple of mornings we’ve had some very clear sunrises and given the location of our home in the Southern California foothills this turned out to be a good opportunity to play around with my grad ND filters.

I discovered a few very interesting things.  I’m just going to provide a checklist here without any illustrations.  Hopefully it will make sense.

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New Shooting Technique

Like many photographers, I use a remote release when shooting landscape photography.  Why?  So that I don’t jiggle the camera when I push the shutter button.  (The camera is on a sturdy tripod of course.)  However, I found a better way to keep the camera steady.

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