bamburgh castle

[markgozz]

Originally Posted by andydo

ive put it on flickr so you can see the data, also the sun was to the right it wasnt a very good time of day for it but my time was limited as me mutha likes to show my yorkie lass asmuch of northumberland in as she can anyway heres the data...http://www.flickr.com/photos/5173276...in/photostream

I don't think that variable ND filter is doing you any favors at all and a ND grad would of been of much more use in this situation , I'm not sure why you wanted a 10 sec exposure but closing the aperture down to f/22 doesn't help with the image quality as lenses don't work at their best when you use the extremes of zoom or aperture . If you look up your lens's reviews you'll quite often find the set up for it's sweet spot ( best aperture at wide and zoom ) , using cloudy white balance is your choice but answers the colour cast question .

Mark

[andydo]

Originally Posted by markgozz

i don't think that variable nd filter is doing you any favors at all and a nd grad would of been of much more use in this situation , i'm not sure why you wanted a 10 sec exposure but closing the aperture down to f/22 doesn't help with the image quality as lenses don't work at their best when you use the extremes of zoom or aperture . If you look up your lens's reviews you'll quite often find the set up for it's sweet spot ( best aperture at wide and zoom ) , using cloudy white balance is your choice but answers the colour cast question .

Mark

i think im gonna sling that filter nd get mesel a new 1 i have nowt but hassle with it, i probably forgot to change me white balance cos it was cloudy on the way there the 10 sec was probs me tryin to get the exposure setting right on the camera screen...oh well theres always next yr for another shot at it

andy

[andydo]

Originally Posted by greenwing

Andy, I think the 3 lighthouse pictures in this thread are pretty good. I love the twilight lighthouse, and the first of St Marys is quite well conceived, too. Bamburgh Castle, I'm afraid, doesn't cut it, and the after effects of the 'variable ND filter' probably can't be eliminated. Quite a nice picture, but too much difference from one side to the other due to, effectively, two polarisers.

One thing I see though, on 3 of the 4 pictures here, and that I've seen on your images before, is that they need to be levelled. Don't blame your tripod. Look at the pictures and straighten them before you post them.

Chris

OK CHEERS CHRIS I ALWAYS FORGET THAT STRAIGHTENING TOOL