Landscape Photography - ND Filters Effects plus Post Processing in Lightroom

The last couple of days have seen some terrible weather, with howling winds, lashing rain and record low temperatures for this time of the year. When I woke up the wind had died down and the rain had stopped. It was still cold and the overcast, but as a landscape photographer I was going to let that stop me from going out and taking photos.

It was early so I headed off in the city of Perth and see if I could find a cityscape that could look interesting in these conditions. With a thick blanket of cloud still handing around, the light was dull making all the colours unsaturated. These are usually great conditions for Black and White images.

I found myself a location on the foreshore of the Swan River in South Perth, looking out across to the City skyline of Perth. This was a great opportunity the experiment with some of the Neutral Density filters I had, specifically the Lee Little Stopper (6 stop) and Lee Big Stopper (10 stop).

So I take a series of shots of the same composition to demonstrate the effect these ND filters have on the sky and the water. I also double the filter up to have a total of 16 stops see the results.

Finally, I walk-though how I edited one of the images to demonstrate how I deal with colours cast and enhance the image to create a moody black and white city skyline.



If you are interested in other videos of how I approach post-processing, take a look at my video of the seascape down at Watermans Bay - https://youtu.be/j1xOGVXhPCs

Check my previous adventure as I attempt to find the Nanaup Falls - https://youtu.be/mTl1fb4uTRo

Be inspired with other videos I've taken of seascape scenes around Perth:

Burns Beach - https://youtu.be/lDQsSgZAXdA

Check out another series of videos full of tips and tricks that I recorded on location in Cape Naturalist area:

Sugarloaf Rock - https://youtu.be/NI9yE_qTt6c
Wyadup - https://youtu.be/6TYZ4UUOIt8
Margaret River - https://youtu.be/KkX6K6HFNDE

You can my other photography adventures where I explain my camera settings and filter setup while on locations in Albany:

Whalers Cove - https://youtu.be/WWkLToDjPHg
Little Beach - https://youtu.be/5FioFneBYRs
Stirling Range - https://youtu.be/60LQhC6dmaQ
Salmon Pools - https://youtu.be/3ttViidM77I
Elephant Rocks - https://youtu.be/FiVG-O449Qo
Two Peoples Bay - https://youtu.be/knYOH3n1G_A
Sandpitch Cliffs - https://youtu.be/IbzyVK5WrzA

Read more information about my Landscape Photography at http://www.andrewmarr.com.au

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