Project 49; Graduated filters

0.6 nd grad used.

0.3 nd grad used.

no grad used.

Its easier to see the fall off in light between the first and last photo. On zooming in more noise can be seen also.

The photo on the left is taken without a graduated filter and the one on the right was taken with one. Both were taken at f 14 and 1/60th of a second and ISO 100. The second photo is an improvement, there is more cloud detail in the sky.

One thing I have noticed with graduated filters is that in some situations noise is more pronounced. I am not certain whether that is because of the amount of graduation, perhaps the higher the f stop difference the increase in dynamic range causes noise?