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<blockquote data-quote="Eye-level" data-source="post: 147272" data-attributes="member: 6548">There is a technique using PS/LR where you basically take a tripod and make two shots a darker and lighter one then in post you paste the darker one over the lighter one and use the eraser tool with a big soft edged brush and blend the two together.&nbsp; Grads are simple but very effective tools when you have a situation where contrast is high such as a sunrise/sunset snap.&nbsp; Basically all you do is orient the dark half of the filter with the sky and it allows you to expose for your foreground capturing all the shadow detail and it prevents the sky from being blown out due to the dark part of the filter.You probably want at least a 2 stop filter but a 3 stop one is probably even better.&nbsp; I've heard the square ones are the best but they are expensive.I think Jake uses them a lot maybe he'll chime in.I don't have many special filters for my Nikons but I used to have a slew of them for my old Contaflex (still do but no body)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eye-level, post: 147272, member: 6548"] There is a technique using PS/LR where you basically take a tripod and make two shots a darker and lighter one then in post you paste the darker one over the lighter one and use the eraser tool with a big soft edged brush and blend the two together. Grads are simple but very effective tools when you have a situation where contrast is high such as a sunrise/sunset snap. Basically all you do is orient the dark half of the filter with the sky and it allows you to expose for your foreground capturing all the shadow detail and it prevents the sky from being blown out due to the dark part of the filter. You probably want at least a 2 stop filter but a 3 stop one is probably even better. I've heard the square ones are the best but they are expensive. I think Jake uses them a lot maybe he'll chime in. I don't have many special filters for my Nikons but I used to have a slew of them for my old Contaflex (still do but no body) [/QUOTE]

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