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ATTACH THE FILTER
Slide the filter into the SOFT AND HARD
holder (see p.120), bringing GRADUATED ND FILTERS
the transition zone—where the
filter blends from semiopaque The size of the transition zone varies in
to clear—down to where the graduated ND filters. In soft filters, the
scene changes in brightness. transition zone is subtly spread across a large
Rotate the holder if this area, whereas a hard filter has a much smaller
change occurs vertically and more abrupt transition zone.
rather than horizontally.

THE RESULT ▼ SHOT WITHOUT A FILTER
The large contrast in brightness between the sky and the foreground
initially meant that color was lost in the sky. If the exposure had been
set for the sky, the foreground would have been too dark. A 2-stop
graduated ND filter helped to balance the two areas of the scene.

CAMERA SETTINGS
M f/5.6 1/200 200 AW B
ISO
SEC

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