I recently purchased a Tiffen .06 ND grad, primarily for use when i shoot sunsets which i do frequently right now, but overall i read it's a good filter to have on hand. The first time i used it, i was experiencing overexposure without the filter when i was shooting the sunset. I was able to get somewhat properly exposed pictures, but they would leave the foreground blacked out and only the light from the sunset was visible.. I then threw on the filter hoping it would tame the harsh light that was ruining the pictures. When i rotated the darker part over the sunset and took a picture, i noticed basically no change in the the exposure. After firing a few frames and realizing nothing was changing i took it off.
Im wondering if using a grad for a sunset is for a closer position? I was quite far away from the sunset so i thought that maybe i needed to be a lot closer to the area for the filter to have an effect. I was hoping i could get some tips as to what i might be doing wrong?
Thanks
Im wondering if using a grad for a sunset is for a closer position? I was quite far away from the sunset so i thought that maybe i needed to be a lot closer to the area for the filter to have an effect. I was hoping i could get some tips as to what i might be doing wrong?
Thanks