Boost washed-out skies with an ND grad

Use a graduated neutral density filter on your lens to improve detail and colour in skies

In the second part of our series on using lens filters we're going to show you how you can boost washed-out skies with the aid of a graduated neutral density filter, or ND grad for short. When you shoot landscapes, scenes will often have a greater contrast range than the camera can record. Typically, if you meter for the foreground, a bright sky will be overexposed, while if you meter for the sky, the darker foreground will be under-exposed, and this is where a graduated neutral density filter comes in handy. These filters gradate from transparent neutral grey to clear, and by positioning the dark part of the filter over the brightest part of the scene ­ usually the sky ­ you can reduce the amount of light reaching the…

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