Originally posted by tessfully I am lost on how to position the filter? Can anyone enlighten me??
Tess, positioning the ND grads is a bit of an art form. But remember there is no right or wrong.
There are two styles of ND Grads: hard and soft, the hard ones have a more distinct line between clear and shaded, the soft ones blend from clear to shaded very gradually. Not sure which you have. It is easier to position the hard ones but if the horizon is not perfectly level they can produce a noticeable line in the image that spoils the effect.
Anyway, I put the filter in the holder and set it so it crosses the mid point of the lens, then looking through the lens move it down until it is clear that it is darkening the area below the horizon, then pull it back up a bit. On soft grads this can be much further down than you might think. The point of a soft grad is to start the effect before you need it so it blends into the area you do need it on seamlessly.
Hope this helps.