Cheapskate long exposures - the welding glass filter

[Markoneswift]

I read about this technique ages ago and actually got around to trying it out (unlike a lot of other things I read about). Basically a piece of welding glass glued onto a filter ring, rather than using an expensive 'big stopper'. I reckon mine gets around 8 to 10 stops.....

River Aire @ Castleford - welding glass filter by Justin Robert Bailey, on Flickr

Whangerai Falls, New Zealand by Justin Robert Bailey, on Flickr

 

[Edo]

I like your pictures.

 

[Markoneswift]

I like your pictures.

Thank you

 

[sol7]

That's cool. I might have to try that some time. I have a piece of welding glass on my kitchen counter....

 

[Markoneswift]

The biggest challenge is getting the green cast out of the resulting image. I never had a camera with a manual white balance that would totally compensate for it - the above shots were taken with a NEX-C3 and the tint heavily modified in Photoshop. It's a cool technique though and might work well with black & white work.

 

[306Prairie]

Over a year later but this is cool. I'm going to have to try this!

 

[ConradH]

It's a nice technique, though a bit over done now. I bought plastic Cokin filters to do it. Another interesting filter technique is from the ancient Kodak Here's How series. You triple expose through red, green and blue filters. Stationary stuff comes out normal. Anything that moves, like rushing water, windmill blades or ferris wheels, comes out multi-colored.

 

[Markoneswift]

It's a nice technique, though a bit over done now. I bought plastic Cokin filters to do it. Another interesting filter technique is from the ancient Kodak Here's How series. You triple expose through red, green and blue filters. Stationary stuff comes out normal. Anything that moves, like rushing water, windmill blades or ferris wheels, comes out multi-colored.

I like that idea ! I'll have to give that a try