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      07-13-2012, 11:08 AM   #8372
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Originally Posted by Chewy734 View Post
Mark,why would it overexpose, as long as you correctly compensate for it in-camera?
A solid filter leaves the same ratio of light across the frame. Exposing for the shadows still leaves the bright areas over-exposed. You need to reduce exposure in one area while leaving other areas alone. Hence a GND.

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Originally Posted by dcstep
Putting a GND on the side is asking for trouble, IMHO. I might have tried my polarizing filter here.
True, it can really show up in the image if you're not careful. I have a B&W GND that has so little effect that I rarely use it. In this image the sun is so bright that you'd need a seriously high-stop filter and that would make it very difficult to smooth the falloff across the frame. I agree in this situation a second shot exposing for sky only would have been useful.
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