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p.1 #1 · Look what I bought! (3)

10 stop filter!!!

Oh boy oh boy :-)

It's been high on the list for a long time. And I'm stoked. Going to take some getting used to especially w/o live view. Yea...I'm going to need that. Decided to head down to the shore as the mountains didnt seem like they were going to produce the color. Not a bad first attempt I feel. Though very tricky. AND my polarizer is STUCK on the front!!!?? Grrr...anyone know how to get it off

I just ordered some filter grips but they wont be here for 7 days.

In any case, here are the first shots w/ the new filter. C/C as always def encouraged.

Much thanks and sorry for the blitz of posts lately...been on a roll of sorts

aF

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would have liked to not cut off the water in the fg but composed w/ the 10stop on and well...it's pretty dark. also the highlights are high but according to LR not blown.

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Nov 20, 2009 at 01:13 PM

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p.1 #2 · Look what I bought! (3)

Fun start with your new toy! From the looks of it your coastline is ideal for this critter and I like the way the water on the rocks almost gives you miniature waterfalls in the first two images. The colors in the second one are very nice - I like the contrast between the skies and the water in that one a lot.

Alan

Nov 20, 2009 at 02:30 PM

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p.1 #3 · Look what I bought! (3)

Awesome! I just got one too. Used it for the first time in Canyonlands last weekend.

I like these, the clouds in the first especially are fantastic. Looks almost like a lensbaby was used in it. Really cool. Have fun with it!

Nov 20, 2009 at 02:47 PM

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p.1 #4 · Look what I bought! (3)

Hairdryer on hot to help the metals "let go" of each other.

Here is my gift to you, my cheat sheet for the 10 ND ...
(next week I'll start posting some results from St. Martin, the Eddy pictures I have posted this past month were partially shot using the 10 ND as well

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Nov 20, 2009 at 02:52 PM

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p.1 #5 · Look what I bought! (3)

Perhaps I'm the odd man out , Aaron , or it's a matter of facility of use --- but I don't like the cloud effects in any of these shots . With the skies cropped out and presented in pano format I'm much happier with the end product.

Nov 20, 2009 at 02:53 PM

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p.1 #6 · Look what I bought! (3)

Great effect Aaron. Opens up a lot of possibilities for some interesting shots.

Rich

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:09 PM

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p.1 #7 · Look what I bought! (3)

Aaron, I'm not a fan of the moving clouds effect either, but even so, #2 has great attraction.

I can just imagine how tricky it is to expose and capture, and you've certainly done a fine job with that.

I have the VariND and have not used it much, except daytime water exposures, but I'm going to give Matt's cheat sheet a try for some exposures.

Fine work.

Bart

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:22 PM

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p.1 #8 · Look what I bought! (3)

Good first shots here. First compose you shots, then put the filter on. I start most shots with the +10 around 1/30 and go from there....

Y

Nov 20, 2009 at 03:36 PM

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p.1 #9 · Look what I bought! (3)

Now you've gone and done it Aaron. I had successfully pushed getting one of these filters to the back of my mind and you've moved it right back to the front again.

Nice set of images BTW!

Mike

Nov 20, 2009 at 04:23 PM

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p.1 #10 · Look what I bought! (3)

very cool stuff Aaron. I like 1 and 3 the most. I am fan of these effects. I am about to buy a filter like that. My first choice is the singh ray VariND with warm polarizer but it is very expensive. I am very happy with my B+W filters and I see they also carry a 10x. Which brand did u use?

Nikos

Nov 20, 2009 at 06:11 PM

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p.1 #11 · Look what I bought! (3)

This is vey cool Aaron. I ike all of them a lot.
Thanks for sharing,
Eli

Nov 20, 2009 at 10:08 PM

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p.1 #12 · Look what I bought! (3)

Beautiful stuff, Aaron. I'm kinda with Adrian and Bart on the clouds' motion. I wonder how tough it would be to blend in a non-moving sky?
I do love the effect on the water in these. I enjoy my vari-ND a lot for water shots and coupled with a cp gets to 10 stops so Matt's tips will come in handy. Thanks, Matt.

Barry

Nov 21, 2009 at 02:04 PM

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p.1 #13 · Look what I bought! (3)

That's a nice cheat sheet. I'm assuming the left column is shutter speeds without ND and right column is shutter speeds with ND.

Nov 21, 2009 at 02:10 PM

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p.1 #14 · Look what I bought! (3)

Cool, those filters are a lot of fun to play with. These are all quite nice, but I'm finding #2 works the best for me; despite the motion in the clouds there's a certain sense of stillness to it.

As for getting filters unstuck, you can try putting a rubber band around the edge of one or both of the filters, to provide more friction when trying to twist them apart. This worked when I got my polarizer stuck to my ND, and a rubber band lives in my camera bag from now on.

-Jon

Nov 21, 2009 at 03:02 PM

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p.1 #15 · Look what I bought! (3)

Thanks all! It's quite exciting to play with...though the more I take it out I'm realizing the value of the very expensive vari-nd. In any case, I'm stoked about the filter...and was out today doing 1.5min exposures midday.

For the stuck filters...they magically unstuck themselves...as when I picked them up the next day they just came apart. Very strange. Though my cirpol has a very very lose metal/glass piece...odd?? How to tighten?

Barry - I have lots of ideas with using the filter for just the fg or sky and then blending the other. Patience! :-P

Matt - thanks for the chart. seems that it might come in handy...though it varies from the one i found from bksecret.

nikos - b+w...not sure if anyone actually does the 10stop.

Thanks again all for the crit as always

aF

Nov 22, 2009 at 05:16 AM

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p.1 #16 · Look what I bought! (3)

I use one of those rubber sheets for getting jar lids off, works great, can find them at grocery store, just a thin square of rubber but grips very well.

Nov 22, 2009 at 05:25 AM

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p.1 #17 · Look what I bought! (3)

Try using a pair of thise rubber circles with advertising on them to remove stuck jar lids. For some reason, they are hard to find. Push down on a flat surface and twist while pushing.

Nov 22, 2009 at 05:35 AM

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p.1 #18 · Look what I bought! (3)

Get two of the large rubber/elastic bands and slip them over the two filters and carefully twist apart. This happens a lot because of different metals in filters and their reaction to hot and cold. I think your "loose" circular polarizer is normal. They have to be somewhat loose to turn easily. I have both of your filters from B+W and if I carefully thread them together they NEVER stick.

Nov 22, 2009 at 03:02 PM

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p.1 #19 · Look what I bought! (3)

Matt Anderson wrote:
Hairdryer on hot to help the metals "let go" of each other.

This may work but doesn't it go against basics? Heat expands metal

Nov 23, 2009 at 07:31 AM

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p.1 #20 · Look what I bought! (3)

Seems like it would be that way, but it has worked for me time and time again.
Now, with my filters, I barely tighten them in the field.

Nov 23, 2009 at 03:15 PM

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p.1 #21 · Look what I bought! (3)

Great images, especially the second! You are now hooked

. Congrats on the purchase!

Jose

Nov 23, 2009 at 03:20 PM

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p.1 #22 · Look what I bought! (3)

Very cool stuff Aaron!

Matt Anderson wrote:
Hairdryer on hot to help the metals "let go" of each other.

Here is my gift to you, my cheat sheet for the 10 ND ...
(next week I'll start posting some results from St. Martin, the Eddy pictures I have posted this past month were partially shot using the 10 ND as well

)

Or if you have an iPhone in your pocket, you can use this:

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=322958052&mt=8

/shameless plug

Nov 23, 2009 at 04:54 PM

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p.1 #23 · Look what I bought! (3)

Hey all.

Thanks for the advice. Somehow they released on their own the next day when I picked them up. And havent had a problem since.

Doug - I am aware of the fun aps but I do not have a fancy phone :-P

Thanks again all :-)!!

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:17 PM


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