Originally posted by CMS Houston I splurged and purchased a 3 stop Singh-Ray reverse ND grad which by all accounts is an incredible filter. I have not spent a lot time using graduated ND filters so I am still learning how best to use mine.
Maybe you only needed a 2-stop?
And was it hard or soft edge? Might make a difference.
From what I recall from the photo workshop some years ago, we were advised to look at the difference in f-stops between the light part & the dark part, & use a filter that was 1 stop less. So if your sky is 3 stops lighter than your foreground, you use a 2-stop filter. If there's 4 stops difference, you use a 3-stop filter.
Pretty sure that was how it went. I don't use them that often (read, "as often as I should"
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I dunno, does that help...?