Extreme ND Filters- Coast & City Long Exposure Photography

In this video I take three extreme ND filters out, to test their use at both the coast and in the urban environment. 6 stop, 10 stop and 15 stop neutral density filters all with their own advantage with particular subjects.
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[@mjolnir1981]

You make this look so easy. I have been to Salford Quays so many times and I can never get so many good compositions. You truly are a master Craig

[@peterdovey5182]

You make it look so easy Craig, i'm forever chasing the little timings card when the wind blows it, so i taped it to the inside now. great video as ever.

[@b.s.4478]

Craig, your photos are stunning!Wow! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and tips with us. Love your videos! Thanks! Cheers from Portugal.

[@XJ1042]

Perfect followup for the first installment on ND filters I watched. I agree with Sean from Ireland, the vids are worth the price of admission. Thanks.

[@chrishorner3954]

The usual blend of humour, aesthetics and instruction. Great.

[@e6Vlogs]

Chris Horner But not necessarily in that order! Thanks Chris

[@chk_yt3345]

Your vlogs are just great, Craig. I've been bingeing on them recently and learned a lot. Love to see you at work and build up teachable moments and practical examples. I shoot Olympus as well and like to see you on the job. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@maircraft4079]

Love the profile of the Antony statue. Deliberate? Funny!

[@jimbean532]

Beautiful images. Opened a new world of visual possibilities on gray days. Thanks!

[@tonyleventis6475]

Craig, you make everyday scenes look great. Very inspiring,keep it up

[@robcoates4394]

Excellent as usual, Craig. Thank you.

[@stuartmurphy]

Really enjoyed this one Craig, many thanks for sharing.

[@robertcheong5744]

Your vids are so easy to watch and enlightening ... thank you for another brilliant one.

[@southdevonpixiephotography4119]

I love your work. I really like those of the old boats. Brilliant stuff.

[@johnguillaume5919]

Great images. Fun to watch

[@alb41ful]

I am pleased that I found your channel! Looking forward to trying your many helpful tips! Thank you for the great videos!

[@tomclemons344]

Thank you for sharing your work. I've watched quite a few episodes (some more than once) and I especially appreciate the inclusion of your exif data.

[@Rambleswithmycameraonyoutube]

I always learn something from your videos man - Sending love from Ireland - Sean

[@NicholasEJones]

Fleetwood B&W are just stunning images, really need to visit these boats, great vlog

[@philipmills172]

Very interesting video as I've only used the big stopper however just purchased the little stopper so it was good to see the differences thks for the video enjoy your videos each week

[@PaulMathieu---]

fantastic photos and fantastic video !!! Thanks

[@joseuribe1552]

I like your sense of humor, oh beautiful work as well

[@gillyb44]

thanks Craig, enjoying your videos and humour. I am wading through all your blogs now and finding them so informative. Didnt think to use LiveTime. Will try that next. cheers Gill West Australia.

[@BrandyKenna]

loving the video !

[@blademanu7]

Great simplicity and explanations of how to....really good thank you

[@kenny75photography2]

Another great video, Craig, love the super stopper shots, wasn't even aware there was a super stopper for the Lee Seven5 system. Also like the music tracks, too, great easy listening stuff.

[@robb9700]

Love your work, Thanks for sharing!

[@bassoonman211]

Very enjoyable, thank you for posting. You have now gained another follower.

[@frednorman1]

Very good. Can't wait to try mine again, thank you.

[@davidbrown987]

First time on your channel - love your B&W work hopefully see some more. Thanks for posting.

[@adambennett2840]

Really enjoying watching your vlogs Craig as I try to get to grips with my Olympus, I always struggle to work out how much time to expose my images for when using the nd filters so will have to try the live bulb. Keep them coming!!

[@ieyucel]

I don't understand why those 14 people didn't like the video. I have learned interesting places to see and got inspiration too along the video. Thanks a lot e6 !

[@Nat.ImagesLarge.F.Photographer]

Gorgeous,great video!!

[@techzonetzuk]

i find your content so entertaining and as a fellow landscape photographer its nice to see something different from the norm of a sunset landscape photo (which i still love doing) but just seeing something a bit fresh helps me think more !

[@e6Vlogs]

Josh Maguire Creative It would be very rare to see me do a sunset. I like more of a challenge.

[@streetlifephotographer1359]

Thank you very much for this exact and understndable demonstration aswell as sharing with us all the pictures with the exif informations. Kind regards Marcel

[@hachewie]

You are awesome. Love your approach. Very helpful. Thank you.

[@IainHC1]

Really great and diverse video! Awesome images too :-) Thank you

[@yujinlandscapephotography.7787]

Beautiful work as well as, it like. Thank!

[@AndrewGoodCamera]

Gorgeous. As always.

[@e6Vlogs]

Modern Artist Cheers

[@tedk2814]

great video, many uses of the ND filters.....can't wait until I get my good quality filters. Also I liked the video as it was enjoyable to see new places, sure looks cold.

[@badgerag]

Super video and shots Craig. I've just got s Seven5 system with a Big Stopper and 0.6 hard grad, can't wait to get out and see what I can create!

[@LeeBdrone]

Great filming give me more inspiration to few new sites, thanks

[@rolandschneider9804]

Very informative videos. Thank you for inspiration!

[@bengarrett5015]

This just popped up on my homepage! Love your videos! I'm a student at the University of Salford (I study at Media city) and I'm getting more into long exposures, so your videos are a great help!

[@PMCN53]

Great session👏👏👏👏

[@aliM-cd4eu]

really enjoyed this vlog, thanks

[@markhazelton3627]

Still love this vlog. Always inspires me to get down to the Quays. Heading there now

[@Th3VoV]

Really enjoyed your video. Techniques are great, and I learnt a lot about composition as well as how to present pictures in a video format - Brilliant! What I enjoyed the most was how much effort you made to transition between the information, and also really liked the fact that you don't stutter often while speaking (uhm, ah, err) - It's something I have been trying to work towards for years now, but still can't pull off unless I really put my mind to it (Toastmasters :P) Thank you for great content!

[@1205juergen]

Great images .... thanks for uploading

[@phil_baines_photography]

great video....! and very informative

[@Nesawill]

nice video, very informative and educational , thanks

[@countryoakframes4651]

Great video 👍

[@theprecisedeveloper4304]

I froze while eating popcorn as soon as I saw the smashed filter!!! Damn good images you got though.

[@zarrow50]

The advantage of resin filters is that they rarely break when dropped and if they do they only cost a little to replace.

[@JohnFoxphotography]

Another great video Craig, ive recently switched over to Micro 4/3 and the lee holder has fell off at least 3 times in the last couple of months, i never had the problem with the full frame set up, will just have to be more careful. keep up the good work.

[@PaulGJohnsonphotography]

Great images :)

[@ThomasOrmeFilms]

Ah i grew up in Crosby, awesome to see it in one of your vlogs!

[@philipnixey436]

Love your vlogs Craig.

[@e6Vlogs]

Philip Nixey Thankyou

[@husseinbadawy6996]

cbc sofra 0

[@lenefischer3773]

You are the man!

[@vishweshwarkandalgaonkar3446]

Nice informative, thanks for sharing

[@MorganNowland]

Fantastic! You had me for the whole video. My heart broke a little with that Big Stopper. I will likely lose my cool for minute if that happens to mine 😳. You handled it very well. Thanks for a fantastic video

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Morgan Nowland Thankyou. I just wish i hadn't been standing on the rocks when it fell. Would probably hav landed softly on the sand!

[@MrJoeca69]

Comment that i learn a lot in composition with you, wish you the best and happiness for 2019 greetings from Lleida Spain

[@45Blackjack]

6:55 i use old CDs or DVDs placed under the tripod feet, very cheap solution for tripod sinking ;)

[@MrBluesfly]

Sorry for the glass,that hurt me too to see it,great work real pro result,subscribed.

[@kenny75photography2]

I keep returning to this video, Craig, its one of my favourites, great choice of music, too, you should be a DJ as a second job! ;)

[@e6Vlogs]

Thanks Kenny. Of course, there are as many that would disagree, as agree with you on the second point, but you can't please everyone I suppose!

[@PaparazziPT1]

Thank you. Good video

[@whereslaki..5849]

great video..useful thanks

[@AndyGlavac]

a nice video I love the images and the tips that you gave us.Too bad about the smash of the filter

[@trevpackerphotography]

Hey Craig, thanks for taking us along on your ND journey. I thoroughly enjoyed the ND shots. Great scenery, The Lee filter smashed 'Ouch' not fun at all. Im not as fortunate to own any Lee filters, only use polycarbonate lens you can get off Amazon so I can totally get just how expensive they are. Anyway I look forward to your other videos due course. Trev

[@davidpearce2981]

Great shots . Knowing how you felt with the broken filter, broke two lee grads, turned to get a fresh battery out of the bag. Gust of wind and over went the tripod

[@NicolasJaegergaard]

This is so good! Please make more videos like this :-)

[@e6Vlogs]

Thank you. I do! They are included with e6, on my website. But, yes i do have some more KZbin ones coming too.

[@davidsalter7726]

An inspiration

[@smdphotogphotography7726]

Another great video! I've personally never smashed an ND filter, due to the fact that I'm a skin flint and only buy cheapo plastic ones!

[@martinpenneyMP]

Great video, some nice shots & shame about your fiter. I have gotten some new ideas for places to photograph from this video, thanks.

[@cashino]

Thank you ~

[@pjculbertson55]

I did the same thing with a Solar Eclipse filter a week before the total eclipse here in August. I feel your pain.

[@GingerPhotographer]

Great video with some cracking shots! - Great photography! - On a side note I find the Lee Filter holder (100 mm in my case) very fragile and easy to come off - hopefully I don't brake it just as you have :(

[@stevenmuncy491]

Heartbreaker.

[@jazzman1626]

@16:25 I turned down the colour on my tv so that there was barely any colour left, just a feint hint on the bridge and the buoy and it looked fantastic!

[@NigelBaileyPhotography]

Nice one, but I feel your pain with the Big Stopper. I once managed to drop my Nikon D800 on one. Camera survived, but obviously the filter was left in many pieces. One of those stomach-churning moments.

[@rdrun51660]

Awesome video, I used to think I was a landscape photographer but wow do I have a lot to learn!! I have aNikon D800 with a 24-70mm 2.8. What filter system would you recommend that would not break the bank? I have bought most of my equipment used. Thanks

[@SoloVagant]

Super.

[@markharris5771]

Brilliant video, it seems a long time since I saw one from you and you've come back with a bang. One of your best and that is saying something as all your videos are excellent. I'd love to do the boats at Fleetwood but with film on a long exposure, however, may not be the best place to go with poor mobility. Do you approach from the Fleetwood side of the Wyre or the Knot End side? It must have been a long journey from Fleetwood to Crosby to New Brighton to Salford Quays, and all in one day. I would have been really brasses off with a capital 'P' if that had been my Big Stopper. I've seen so many people have accidents with filters on KZbin that I've started carrying mine in a separate bag and putting the bag below the camera, then if anything falls it falls on to something relatively soft. But it's easy to carry extra bags on a mobility scooter.

[@e6Vlogs]

Thank you Mark. It's the Fleetwood side. Oh and don't tell anyone, as it's a big secret, but this wasn't all shot on one day!

[@mariusbrar]

Nice

[@ianbarker1241]

great vlog Craig. What white balance settings do you use and software do you use for noise reduction. I always seem to get excessive noise on long exposures with the EM1

[@SoloVagant]

Great.

[@TheMentalpatient1991]

Great video. You keep tempting me to try out an Olympus, but now super dark ND filters? You must be getting commission from my bank manager! 😁

[@e6Vlogs]

Will Ha! Yes we have set a loan for you. Very um...competitive rates!

[@eltinjones4542]

Thought that I saw all of your Vlogs but missed this one. Haven't been disappointed. You mentioned that the ep5 is better for long exposures, because of noise. Is this a result of lower pixels in the sensor relative to the OMD EM1? Am thinking of upgrading from my gx7 but if more pixels cause noise - don't know if I'll bother?

[@superash82]

Wow! Great to see you in New Brighton. Perch Rock is just down the road from me and a great place to photograph on a stormy day. I should really invest in some ND grads. It's just a bit expensive to invest in. Is there any decent starter kits for mirrorless?

[@e6Vlogs]

Ash Ohare A screw-in type ND may be cheaper and was how i first used these filters

[@kenny75photography2]

I joined the club this week, too and accidentally smashed a Lee Seven5 little stopper as it fell off the filter holder in which the spring clip had come apart. :(

[@titouyou1]

Hi, very interesting, as usual if I may say. Question from france : I've got both E-M1 and E-M5 Markii and I have a ND1000 and a CPL, which combination would you consider best for long exposure in a lake with birds type of environment ?

[@michaelbrogan6412]

i am over a year late but learnt heeeeep's. Thank you

[@andytheghosthunter]

Hi, Always love your vids, Thanks for posting. Can I just ask....What lens do you use for your street photography and have you tried the 25mm f1.2 Oly lens? Thanks.

[@e6Vlogs]

Mainly the 17mm for street Andy, but no I only have the 25mm f1.8

[@wahabdilawar]

That's a brilliant tutorial. I have a set of (very cheap) Cokin-P square filters. They give a very strong magenta tint to all the photos. Please advise a couple (or more) ways to deal with white balance during the preshoot and in postprocessing. Thank you very much for your time.

[@e6Vlogs]

1. Adjust white balance in post until the cast is removed. 2 Alternatively, convert to black and white instead

[@wahabdilawar]

e6 Vlogs Thanks. I was afraid that you might scold a viewer for buying cheap stuff and not the real stuff. Apparently all filters alter the white balance...some more...some less.

[@e6Vlogs]

Wouldn't dream of it. I started off with Cokin many years ago. I know how expensive these filters can be and yes, even the LEE filters need post adjustment to clear the colour cast they have. Not tried them myself, but I believe the Formatt Firecrest ones are more neutral. but again, not cheap. 90% of mine get converted to B&W, so it's never an issue.

[@michaelberg507]

This is something I do with all my ND and Polar filters. 1. Shoot RAW with camera WB set to Daylight 2. Set up a target that has a calibrated neutral density patch to it. I use the Colorchecker Passport, but a simple gray card in the scene will work well also. 3. Set up your base exposure without a filter, checking for proper exposure. 4. Take the money shot with you filter on, adjusting for the ND effect over base exposure. 5. Bring the money shot into Lightroom. 6. In the Develop module, choose the white balance selector (eye dropper) and click on the neutral gray object in the image. This will correct/neutralize the color balance. 7. Save this correction as a User Preset. Name it something like CND3 (Cokin ND 3 stop). Now, whenever you use that filter, simply apply the preset to adjust out the cast. Stacking filters can something of a problem, so in that case I simply apply the preset for the most "offensive" filter and then manually make the final WB adjustment to taste. Good luck.

nice subject yea

[@iaingeere7332]

Good video Craig,shame about your filter,your images was great like them a lot ,cheers for sharing .

[@2Old4Toys]

2:45 surprised the epl5 outdoes the much more expensive em1 for long exposures!

[@grahamharding1037]

Thanks for the inspirational video Craig, been thinking of purchasing a filter adapter system for the Olympus M Zuiko 7-14 f/2.8 by Phil Norton and the Nisi 70mm filters! Do you use the 7-14 if so what system adapter do you use? Kind regards Graham

[@e6Vlogs]

Graham Harding Thanks Graham. No, i use the 9-18mm as i use the Seven5 system, but would love a replacement for this. And it may be coming from Panasonic this year.

[@1slyboy]

Sorry about your filter. Great video

[@Benskingdom]

Great informative video, thanks. By the way how did the filter get broken?

[@e6Vlogs]

I (unusually), carried the camera still attached to the tripod and knocked the fitler holder off the lens.

[@Benskingdom]

e6 Vlogs sorry to hear that. I have been looking at investing in the Lee filter system. Looks amazing. Great videos!

[@pj_mckenna]

Hi Craig, very good video. I'm wondering why you used both your primes and your zoom lenses in circumstances where the weight and wider aperture advantages of the primes are less important? My impression is that the 12-40mm and 40-150mm are about as sharp and flare-resistant as the primes when stopped down. Thanks in advance.

[@e6Vlogs]

I like the restrictions of primes and feel my photography benefits from that sometimes. Zooms are sometimes just easier to use when videoing as well. I like primes for street photography, but also prefer them when shooting landscapes when I have more time.

[@pj_mckenna]

Thank you!

[@derekcoe9633]

The Wirral, where I live !