Shooting buildings with a ten-stop ND filter

[Darren Bradley]

Saw Rob's post a while back on using a ten-stop filter, so thought I'd post a couple of shots of my experiments with one... using architecture as the subject (shocking, I know).





Rob emphasized the effects it has on water, which is a nice way to go. But I thought I'd focus on clouds in mine. They leave streaks and tend to isolate the buildings more, creating an almost abstract composition.

 

[David Mitchell]

Yep, thats awesome

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Both stunning, Darren! Really beautiful. Great idea too. I've had clouds in mind for landscapes, but am very impressed at how well they've turned out with close cropping to buildings. Excellent.

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that is very effective Darren, especially in the second with the splay of the clouds.

 

[Dave Green]

Blimey that's VERY cool

Yep - gonna do me some of those - thanks for the inspiration

 

[Paul Lange]

Crikey, they came out well. Number 2 make me dizzy I keep feeling like I am going to fall over backwards.

 

[Andrew Cotterill]

these are fantastic! the second reminds me of some spaceship-hitting-lightspeed movie moment, and makes my eyes go funny.

 

[Darren Bradley]

Thanks, guys!

 

[Nihat Iyriboz]

Love the second one. It has unique angle and symmetry, Darren. Great texture of concrete.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

That's just so Sci-fi Darren - brilliantly effective

 

[Lesley Jones]

I'll admit to not being a huge fan of the ten-stop - maybe it's been overdone for the past few years. I find clouds AND water a tad too much, but I really love it here with the architecture. They are both fantastic, but I especially love the second one

 

[Milan Vjestica]

That second one could be a parking space for a stealth bomber! Very nice work.

 

[Darren Bradley]

Thanks, everyone!

I'm with you, Lesley. There are photographers with websites full of this sort of thing. It's a bit overdone, but I took these almost as a way to prove a point. I don't plan on doing a ton...

 

[Hamish Gill]

Very nice!
its all about doing it for te right reasons for me... For some it's par for the course ... I think in the right circumstance it's a great effect ...
I suppose you can say that about a lot of of things!

 

[Lee Webb]

I don't often say this but both of those shots are excellent and there's nothing to improve upon