Great fun
14th March 2011
I had a little bit of fun today.I recently read in a magazine an article about using glass out of a welding mask as a neutral density filter. Now in the last 12 months I have had two Lee Filters 10 stop filters. I had both for about 2 weeks. I dropped the first one on Lecanvey beach, it hit a rock and smashed. I got a second one about three months later, I managed to break that one before I ever used it!!! They cost over €100 EACH !
So I was intrigued by this magazine arcicle and visited the local farm store to buy a welding mask glass. It cost me 75 cents ! The glass is not big enough to use on some of my lenses, but it fits fine on the 50mm. So I went out today and took a couple of pictures. The whole purpose of this filter is to allow for very slow shutter speeds even on a bright day so showing movement in the picture.
The Exposure for todays picture was 1/160th of a second at f16, by placing the welding glass in front of the lens this resulted in an exposure of 142 seconds thats 2minuntes 22seconds !! I just love the movement in the clouds .Is it as good as the LEE filter , no , infact nowhere near , there are huge issues with colour balance and even definition in the picture but its the most fun I have had for 75cents in a long time.
160th second @f16
142 seconds @ f16
So I was intrigued by this magazine arcicle and visited the local farm store to buy a welding mask glass. It cost me 75 cents ! The glass is not big enough to use on some of my lenses, but it fits fine on the 50mm. So I went out today and took a couple of pictures. The whole purpose of this filter is to allow for very slow shutter speeds even on a bright day so showing movement in the picture.
The Exposure for todays picture was 1/160th of a second at f16, by placing the welding glass in front of the lens this resulted in an exposure of 142 seconds thats 2minuntes 22seconds !! I just love the movement in the clouds .Is it as good as the LEE filter , no , infact nowhere near , there are huge issues with colour balance and even definition in the picture but its the most fun I have had for 75cents in a long time.
160th second @f16
142 seconds @ f16
Comments
By ger o leary: wow, the images of mayo are beautiful. I'm from mayo and now married in Kerry. What are the prices of your pictures? I love the one of Newport Church. I heard you on the Money show. All we need now is the Mayo team to win the All-Ireland