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I am going to probably pick up the Singh Ray ones. I know a few people who have them and they all report that they are excellent.



No doubt. But are you talking about ones that fit the Cokin P system or circular/round threaded ones?

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I think a 2 stop filter would have improved this shot a bit as you can already see the brightening of the highlights (even though it was still not 8 AM when I took this photo, I think) in the shot.



Did you use a polarizer? That, in and of itself, would get you nearly 2 stops. That said I usually use a ND4 (2 stops) filter in addition to my pol. I have an ND8(3 stops) and that is tough to see what’s going on when combined with the Pol. Also watch to vignetting. With stacked round filter, the cokin P system, or a combo you can have vignette issues with the wide angles.

Thanks, Jeff