First Snow in November, on the edge of a stream...
The adjustment of the ND8 or ND0.9 neutral grey graduated filter - the sky is darkened by 3 f/stops - is proven to be somewhat delicate: one must keep a maximum of details in the sky without obviously affecting the snowy part of the image. The strict neutrality of the COKIN neutral grey graduated filters is well demonstrated here. Such results can only be obtained by direct filtering during shoot and not during post-production!
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