I feel at a stage now with my amateur photography where I want to start experimenting with filters.
I've heard good things about Lee filters but to be honest it all seems awfully expensive. The mount alone is something like £200. Are they over-hyped or are they worth it?
The filters I'm interested in are ND graduated filters (for exposure balancing) and the full ND 10-stop filters for achieving water/mist effects with landscape photography. Surely I am better off just buying some cheapo ones which will screw straight onto my lens?
I'm really drawn to the various graduated filters on Lee Filter's websites which show some astonishing effects on colours for sunset/sunrise shots, but surely the same effect can be achieved by playing about in Lightroom? Is there actually any advantage with using a filter. Have a look at the examples on the following link, I'm specifically asking about the colour filters (e.g. Lee Coral Grad on the bottom right) as obviously one cannot mimick the effect achieved by, say, a Polariser Filter in Lightroom/PS.
http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera
Would be interested in some opinions.
I've heard good things about Lee filters but to be honest it all seems awfully expensive. The mount alone is something like £200. Are they over-hyped or are they worth it?
The filters I'm interested in are ND graduated filters (for exposure balancing) and the full ND 10-stop filters for achieving water/mist effects with landscape photography. Surely I am better off just buying some cheapo ones which will screw straight onto my lens?
I'm really drawn to the various graduated filters on Lee Filter's websites which show some astonishing effects on colours for sunset/sunrise shots, but surely the same effect can be achieved by playing about in Lightroom? Is there actually any advantage with using a filter. Have a look at the examples on the following link, I'm specifically asking about the colour filters (e.g. Lee Coral Grad on the bottom right) as obviously one cannot mimick the effect achieved by, say, a Polariser Filter in Lightroom/PS.
http://www.leefilters.com/index.php/camera
Would be interested in some opinions.
