additional tripod member to my gear list – Fotopro PGC-784

I own few tripods .. due to many reasons , e.g .. testing .. travel .. stability, durability … etc

fotopro M5 mini – for pocket size tripod .. bring out when go out with family

MGC – 684 – daily use for stability .. 5d + lenses up to 70200 F2.8 ….

MGC-c4i or C5c- for travel .. hiking purpose …

and now … I add on a high angle + more stable tripod for my wild lifes photography 😀

PGC-784  and see how tall is the tripod

CPL .. yes or no …..

update 2012 Aug 8

… the Beginning …
– Lee Filter 105mm CPL
– Singh-Ray RGND 2 stops

 

my Lee Filter CPL broken .. but I think I really need it back ASAP … but no stock for the moment …. hmmmmm .. but the broken one still can use on longer focal length

it is never right and wrong .. but what effect we want it to be … i need it for reduce reflection and some time contrast …

my previous share on why I use CPL … (can be circular or square …I use Marumi CPL on certain occasion)

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=432

for Lee Filters .. you can check with me stock is available or pre-order

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=398

why GND and RGND ?

did a quick compare into single image .. for why we use GND and RGND

left … – no filter while foreground correct expose but the sky will look over

Center – with GND 1.2, the sky will be balance as reduce light go through on the top part but the horizontal level still look over due to the light source from there

right – the filter transit from center to top (darker at center) so managed to block more light at the horizontal level and maintain the details

there is no right and wrong in photography .. but using different filters will give you how your picture look like …..

and if you look for Lee Filter .. Singh-Ray … i may have some stock available

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=398

Reverse GND …

beside GND, CPL, Big Stopper .. another filter that always with me is Reverse GND … and I am using Singh-ray for quality capture (it produce very less color cast as Lee Filter do)

when this filter been use ? (many ask) … as dusk/dawn time the sun always stay near horizontal level which make near horizontal level over expose and make details lost ….

a capture with Lee GND .75 only

horizontal near sun area lost details due to the overexpose and not able to rescue by the GND filter …

 

so with the GND help … I can balance the horizontal level exposure and recover some details as shown

Lee GND .75 with SIngh-ray RGND .6

 

hope this simple share will clear … most of the question from my friends .. “when RGND need ? ”

 

few more sample of RGND capture

RGND + Big Stopper

 

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