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As we have bit of sun now for a change I'm going down the beach this afternoon hoping to get a few sunset shots now my question is this my partner has bought me a cokin filter kit with a few nd grads and a few other colours i.e. blues reds orange which filters would you recommend to use .

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taff63 said:
As we have bit of sun now for a change I'm going down the beach this afternoon hoping to get a few sunset shots now my question is this my partner has bought me a cokin filter kit with a few nd grads and a few other colours i.e. blues reds orange which filters would you recommend to use .

Mark
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The coloured filters are somewhat redundant on digital, as their effect can be completely reproduced in Photoshop. They're traditionally for black and white film photography (I always find it odd that the brightest-coloured filters are intended for monochrome shots!).

The ND grads, however, are very useful still, especially for sunsets. Some will argue that they too can be reproduced in Photoshop, but that would involve blending exposures, and/or pushing/pulling areas of the photo - all of which are compromises.
 
Probably not in the kit, but a reverse ND grad might be useful. It fades to the edge of the filter instead of to the centre - enabling more exposure of the foreground/top of the sky than the middle where the sun (usually) is.
 
weybourne said:
Probably not in the kit, but a reverse ND grad might be useful. It fades to the edge of the filter instead of to the centre - enabling more exposure of the foreground/top of the sky than the middle where the sun (usually) is.
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Agree about the reverse ND grad. Using the kit you've got, the effect can be simulated with a combination of two standard ND grads - see http://www.onlandscape.co.uk/2010/12/ad-hoc-reverse-nd-grad-filters/#sthash.ebdJAyfA.dpbs

Let us know how you get on!
 
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