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Hollywood/FX® Filters

Filters

Color-Grad®

Color-Grad®

Color-Grad®

 

Blue

Sunrise

ND.6

®

Color-Grad®Filters

Transform an average sunrise or sunset into something

Hollywood/FX

affecting the upper half of the image, the other affecting

 

spectacular or

convert a dull,

washed-out sky to a

breathtaking blue. No other filter has done as much to improve landscape photography as the graduated filter. Add color selectively while leaving the rest of the scene unaffected.

Half color, half clear with a graduated density transition for smooth blending into the scene, Tiffen Color-Grad filters are available in an array of colors and Neutral Densities .3, .6, and .9. Use in combination, with one

the lower half.

Color-Grad® Neutral Density Filters

Often, you want to balance light intensity between two areas within a scene. This is important outdoors to allow more sky detail while properly exposing the foreground. Exposing for the foreground will produce a washed-out, over-exposed sky. Exposing for the sky will leave the foreground dark, underexposed.

Color-Grad Neutral Density filters are part clear, part neutral density, with a smoothly graded transition between. A Color-Grad ND.6-to-clear is often best for

Color-Grad®Filters

Blue

Without Filter

Sunrise

Without Filter

© John Gittens

Color-Grad®Blue

© Daniel Aubry, NYC

Color-Grad®Sunrise

balancing sky to foreground. Neutral gray appearance drops exposure.

 

 

 

ND .3

ND .9

ND.6

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