Comments on: A great way to use graduated filters for spectacular horizons

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:55:01 +0000

Hi Pierre,

I am having trouble loading this preset on my Mac, I have downloaded it but cannot get it to open. How do I load it in lightroom please.

Please respond to me at lensimagesales@gmail.com as I will your answer faster there not much time to get on here.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:18:20 +0000

Thanks Jeric,
Well. It’s a choice you have to make depending on what you want to do with the photo. If you’re looking for an image with dark silhouettes, then Yes. Exposure metering should be on the bright areas. If you expose for the darkest area there’s a big chance your bright areas will burn out. Burned out areas can not be rescued without loosing its structure. Try to measure the exposure on a spot where the bright/dark levels are as equal as possible. The best choice for this kind of photo would of course be to take multiple images with different exposures and then merge them together (HDR).

By: Jeric

Jeric — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 12:23:24 +0000

Thanks. Very useful presets on your website.

With this preset, do I need to expose properly for the bright area (i.e. the sky) and let the foreground be underexposed?

Thanks for your help.

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Hard 'n Dark Lightroom preset — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:06:01 +0000

[...] don’t know how to adapt or use the graduated filter, there’s a good tutorial here and here. Preset downloads at the bottom of this post [...]

By: tbone

tbone — Fri, 21 May 2010 14:55:52 +0000

Thanks.Nice filters.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:03:30 +0000

Thank you Tiffany!
I’m glad you like what you found :-)
//Pierre

By: Tiffany Lane

Tiffany Lane — Wed, 19 May 2010 19:48:51 +0000

OMG!!! I love this website!!! Thank you so much for giving us a site that gives you free presets!!! :)

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 12:26:51 +0000

Hi Wayne,
What is the problem? Can you be more specific please?

//Pierre

By: wayne

wayne — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:56:09 +0000

I downloaded it but can’t get it to work :(

By: Pierre

Pierre — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:52:42 +0000

Hi Leah,
To achieve this effect, you just have to move the graduated filter around in your photo (upwards in your case). You can even rotate it to flip the brightness effect vertically (if needed). If you can’t make it, just mail me the image and I’ll give it a try :-)
Have a nice day!

By: Leah

Leah — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:48:05 +0000

I love this preset, but I was wondering if there is a similar preset that applies the brightness of the bottom half of the photo to the entire image. Do you know of any?
Thanks,
Leah

By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:06:22 +0000

Thank you Feuza!
I’m so glad you like my work.
Take care and have a nice day!

By: Feuza

Feuza — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:00:52 +0000

I am loving the presets but want more and more, have not had time to ready but you have so much info, really appreciate it!

thanks

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By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 08 May 2009 08:02:11 +0000

:-)

By: Megan Hughes

Megan Hughes — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:36:47 +0000

txs so much!

By: Pierre

Pierre — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:28:24 +0000

Thank you Sunny!

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:54:42 +0000

Another great one. Thanks, Pierre.