Best filters for landscapes

JanieB43 (e2 Member)

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24 May 2009 - 8:55 AM

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I have the cokin P series and have a 4 and 8 ND filter, a NGrad, together with a polarizing filter. I love landscape/seascape photography and after seeing the standard of such photographs on this site I would really like to improve my shots. Can anyone advise me as to which other coloured/graduated filters are a good investment. I know you can add filter effects with photoshop but I don't think you can beat the "real thing".
Thanks
Jane

sherlob (e2 Member)

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24 May 2009 - 9:48 AM

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Not sure I agree Cole. I have, and occasionally use (albeit very occasionally) , a sunset orange grad and a blue grad. Having these in the field can sometimes help me visualise what I'm after.

Adam

LenShepherd (e2 Member)

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25 May 2009 - 7:35 PM

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Quote: The 81A & 81B just warm up land / buildings

They do if you are shooting slide film for projection, or take a manual white balance setting before adding the filter.
However using digital AWB or sending to a lab for prints (when the printing machine AWB takes over) produces "correct" colour, removing most or all the 1A or 1B effect.

NEWMANP (Critique Team)

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26 May 2009 - 11:56 AM

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you will probably get away most of the time with a 121s soft edge 3 stop filter for seascapes where the water is quite reflective. with sunrises over dark rocks in the hills you may well need 5 stops of Nd grad, but as for colours and similar i wouldnt buy them just to be sat in the bag.
Phil