Ok so I'm fairly new to the photography game and have a good understanding how most filters work, but what is the difference between a ND gradient and a reverse gradient filter. If my eyes don't deceive me, you are you using the ND gradient filter in the beach photo, correct?

 

Actually I think I used the reverse ND filter on that one. See the reverse is just that. The darkest part of the filter is in the middle of the glass and fades upwards. So the best time to use that filter is when the sun is at the horizon or pretty close to it.

A normal ND gradient filter starts at the top being the darkest and fades out at the middle. So if the sun is higher up in your frame or just plain sky is what you want to balance out you use that one.

I hope that helps

 

Huh, interesting. I guess im going to my local photography store and play with these filters.

 

Singh Ray has the best filters IMO. You can check them out here and even shows some examples so you might understand it that much better.

http://www.singh-ray.com/reversegrads.html

 

Thanks, awesome site filled perfectly with examples

 

Great work, Raven31! Here are a few I shot last week while traveling to, around and from Moab ...

Moonset at Chaco Culture National Historical Park ...


Moonset in Landscape Arch (there weren't any clouds during the trip, so I shot a lot of the moon!) ...


Unknown photographer shooting the sunset from Double Arch ...


A lone horse returns to a dilapidated barn on Johnson Mesa, NM ...


The Oklahoma state high point, Black Mesa, is just off the image to the left ...


You can view the entire album here ...
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1907666692297.2103128.1260697505&l=a342c260 d3

 

How come I love old barns so much...???

I would love to have the wood from that barn, but would hate to tear it down and it not be there anymore....

 

I think I may have posted these before, but here are a couple of a barn near my home--the "famous" round barn in Arcadia ...

 

here's a pic of our home made snowboard slope. in the middle of may

 

we r still skiing at the resorts until July 4th!!