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Old 07-11-2009, 02:38 AM
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Originally Posted by nemesis256 View Post
Thanks for the reply. Here's another somewhat related question.

I've read that it's good to use graudated ND filters so the sky isn't over exposed. Is it only me or are there a lot of cases where a graudated ND filter wouldn't work? For example, with mountains, the horizon won't be a straight line. Also, the filter would force you to have the horizon in the center of the image, so you can't use it if you want to have more of the sky or landscape in the image.
I'm really not sure, to be honest with you. However, I wouldn't think you'd have an issue with maintaining a straight horizen line just because you were using a GND filter. I just started using a split ND filter, and I suppose it could force you to put your horizen line where you normally would not want to. There's always PP crops to deal with that. I also feel that it being graduated, you still might be able to drag that line down a little without seeing any major problems in your image....but again, ND's are pretty new to me.
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