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Understanding Graduated Neutral Density Filters

final version of a sunset using a graduated neutral density filter
A graduated neutral density filter (or GND) goes over your lens and reduces the brightness (typically for about half of the image) without changing the color temperature. This is useful in scenes with high dynamic range where you can't correctly expose all parts of the scene (because it contains more EVs than your camera can capture). Let's learn about physical GNDs as well as creating software GNDs in darktable.

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