Photography Tutorials: Landscape photography- Filters

[MiskyBoyy]

The background noise of running water makes it kind of hard to hear you.

[VirtualAlaskaPhoto]

.6 is two stops, not four.

[appacana]

thanks Conor I will buy that split density filter

[mcdonnelllee]

can i ask why you dont use a holder for your filters? surely if your manually holding the filter to the lens whilst taking a long exposure (even with the aid of a tripod) the image would suffer from camera shake?

[QQQQcon]

@mcdonnelllee it is a lot easier, holding a filter in front of the camera doesnt move the camera so I dont see how that will cause shake unless you constantly hit the camera with the filter.

[99sukhi88]

Can u tell me difference between p series and z pro series cokin filters??

[atyl1972]

also conor, my set up will be a lee foundation holder with the wide angle adaptor and a set of hitech nd grads, have you used hitech or got any info for me of them?

[QQQQcon]

@atyl1972 i dont have any experience with those filters

[atyl1972]

conor, say you want to take a picture of the beach and the main subject will be the foreground, but the sky is pretty bright, so you use a split nd filter to saturate the sky....but where would you get the meter reading from, the foreground or the sky?

[QQQQcon]

@atyl1972 If you want the foreground exposed then I would take reading of the foreground and then adjust from there.

[SUZUKITRUNGLE]

why dont you glue your filter on your lens ???

[electricN8]

He looks like JoeyL. Good stuff man!

[kmcodstar]

hi did you now at 4:55 there was humming bird on the plant.



[grumpyunderworl]

Photography is my new passion! I like to read thephotographyclinic (.) com thanks for posting.

[mportillo27]

Hey, do you get your prints from Kodak?

[QQQQcon]

@mportillo27 no i get most of my prints done by smugmug or at my school.

[raredoowop]

Hi . thank you for sharing your video ,great info, thank you,

Q- is this corrct sizs 75mm x 90mm as your Lee Filter ?? is this filter your talking in your video, Lee 0.9 G.Neutral Density Hard Graduated Filter, Size 75mm x 90mm .I like to use this filter as you say hald with hand in front of the lens,

thank you for your help and answers.

Amnon in NY

[QQQQcon]

@raredoowop yes that is the one

[raredoowop]

@QQQQcon .thank you .

[yurisendrew]

.6 is not four stops, four stops should be 1.2. If it says .6 on your grad ND then it's a two stop. Just sayin

[FinlandApollo]

@yurisendrew well partly yes, partly no. When you use tele converters and it says "decreases F stop by 2 stops. In that case F4 becomes F6. Those 0.2 are just small parts of F stops

[ziryab92]

Interesting video...But I was wondering why you are not using a filter holder, instead of holding it yourself, in front of the lens? I am not sure about the Lee Filter's, but I paid about $20 for my filter holder from Tiffen. I would certainty be concerned holding the filter by hand when doing long exposures...

[QQQQcon]

@ziryab92 because there is no filter that can fit the nikon 14-24mm.

[ziryab92]

@QQQQcon Oh, that's right. I remember actually helping someone who had a similar issue. But oh well, what you're looking for is on it's way: A Lee Filter Holder for Nikon's 14-24mm was recently announced (/watch?v=fMX5p9Iwx3Y). In the middle time, don't forget what you can do with blu-tack :)

[HokieFanatic1]

@QQQQcon The new Lee Filter Adapter for the Nikon 14-24mm is great for the 14-24! I highly recommend it.

[nicotinebabymusic]

awesome video! very hepful! i recently bought a neutral density filter from Fader Filters and I was doing a bit of research since I bought it and came across a High Definition version of the Neutral Density Filter... I was wondering if you had any experience with those? I found them at Fader Filters website.

[QQQQcon]

@nicotinebabymusic I am afraid not

[oooohblondiexo]

Do ND filters come in a normal shape? Like the circular ones that you just twist on to your lens?

[QQQQcon]

@oooohblondiexo yes they do.

[DaPsychologist]

hi again..still looking through ur videos...they are very informative. Awesome stuff.

I have a burning question or two. I have a friend who says all lenses should always have a UV filter on em at all times. Is that true?

Also, when you are using a polarizing filter, do you place that over a UV filter? Should u? Is it better to just keep the polarizer on most of the times on my wide-angle lens?

[jjjjjokerface]

@DaPsychologist You should probably always have a filter on your lens to avoid scratches and dust on your lens. Filters are easily replaceable if they get damaged, but lenses aren't. :)

[pomexable]

where did you bought this filters ?

[meltdownman1]

When using these filters do you change the camera setting from an aperature priority setting to say speed priority or doesn't it really matter?

Thanks in advance,

The Meltdownman

[QQQQcon]

@meltdownman1 no I use the same settings. some filters will make the pictures darker though and you have to adjust for that.

[kevdav7]

Great video Conor as always, I was wondering if you ever use the nd filter and the split nd filter at the same time. for example, if you want to blur the stream but also want to reduce the stop of the sky. thanks

[snifnscratch]

considering that the 14-24 nikon lens cannot take filters, can a polarising effect be applied with nikons capture nx2 or photoshop?

[QQQQcon]

I would suspect so, but I dont use them so I am not sure.

[saruxab]

@snifnscratch there is a system for this lenses already...

[lew1310]

Did you get the filter wallets when you bought them?

[QQQQcon]

yes

[SaxophoneProductions]

Why do you choose sky filters of UV ones?

[lew1310]

I would pick UV. The UV stops UV light from getting into the sensor where as skyline filters are just clear glass.

[drumzac]

Digital sensors aren't sensitive to UV light like film was.

[BigRooster747]

nice cyclops there.....

[pakuplue]

okay, well i am looking to buy a tokina 11-16 f/2.8 and i need to buy filters. anyway my question is if i stack a ND and a c polarizer on the wide end, how much vingetting will there be depening on the thickness of the filters?

[QQQQcon]

depends on the f stop, At smaller f stops there will be less and at larger more. not sure how much exactly though.

[pakuplue]

okay. umm one more question, how well would it work if i was to use a split nd lee filter and used the upper half in the same way as if i was to use a ND filter that is circular and screwed into the front element?

[QQQQcon]

yes that should work.

[turlesRfun]

In 4:56 theres a humming bird behind u lol nice video and i hot a split ND filter and I was ale to take some rlly cool shots w/ it

[Akkass1]

Thanks for the tutorial, but i have a queston,

I have a Canon EOS 400D, i bought years i think,

i am thinking of upgrading, i thought of Canon 50D but it has bad reviews, and i thought about nikon, and i was impressed, i liked the D300, so, what do u think? should go for D300?

and another question,

Compare to Canon lenses, is nikon lenses cheaper?

[QQQQcon]

I would switch completely over, but it depends how much you have invested in canon. nikon d300 is better than the canon 50d. some nikon lenses are cheaper, but all in all they are about the same.

[Akkass1]

Thanks for the tip:)

but i am gonna wait a lil, and learn more skills..

and i am thinking of attending NYIP online, :)

[sadamisko]

Check Kelby traning best online traning out there

[904SF]

Nikon lens are not only cheaper but better quality. And it doesnt matter on the camera, it matters on the photographer.... even though Nikons better lol