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Golden Gate, Fort Point and the Headlands
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Here's a few of my shots from a workshop last weekend. A few more can be found in the gallery.
PLEASE be critical. What works, what doesn't? What could be improved?
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![879460840_fNUeE-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands/879460840_fNUeE-L.jpg)
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![879461324_rKfUk-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-2/879461324_rKfUk-L.jpg)
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![879470225_f5xLZ-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-1-2/879470225_f5xLZ-L.jpg)
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![879464063_F3JLF-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-7/879464063_F3JLF-L.jpg)
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![879464520_cYdJu-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-8/879464520_cYdJu-L.jpg)
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![879468242_N9Fti-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-13/879468242_N9Fti-L.jpg)
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PLEASE be critical. What works, what doesn't? What could be improved?
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![879460840_fNUeE-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands/879460840_fNUeE-L.jpg)
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![879461324_rKfUk-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-2/879461324_rKfUk-L.jpg)
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![879470225_f5xLZ-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-1-2/879470225_f5xLZ-L.jpg)
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![879464063_F3JLF-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-7/879464063_F3JLF-L.jpg)
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![879464520_cYdJu-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-8/879464520_cYdJu-L.jpg)
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![879468242_N9Fti-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-13/879468242_N9Fti-L.jpg)
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![879466166_J9zn5-L.jpg](http://www.bradoliver.com/Landscapes/Golden-Gate-Marin-Headlands/GoldenGateMarinHeadlands-11/879466166_J9zn5-L.jpg)
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I like #5 the best!
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It was my first time using my new ND Grad filter and polarizer, and I think they really helped balance out the exposures.
Yes, it was an Aperture Academy workshop.
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I'm not the OP, but in my opinion, if you are only getting one Grad ND filter, start with the 3-stop soft-step grad.
http://www.singh-ray.com/grndgrads.html
Next purchase could be a 2-stop soft-step grad. Hard-step filters are really only viable if you shoot flat horizons such as ocean or plains. With small apertures common to landscape images, that hard-step delineation sometimes becomes too obvious in the image.
I started with both 2-stop grads and most of the time, it's just wasn't strong enough. I often ended up doubling up my 2-stop hard and 2-stop soft by using them together at the same time. This is a sample of that combined 4-stop grad at the same exact beach as the original poster, and parts of the sky are still blown out.
http://chrisdg.smugmug.com/Photography/2010-Marin-Headlands/11789718_WVfV2#832866888_3rmpJ-A-LB
Either way, ND grads are a must have for any serious landscape photographer. DOn't hesitate to get one or two or three or four
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Chris... Nice shot! We wanted to go down the beach to those rocks, but the tide was too high and the waves too big. Now I have me an excuse to go back.
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