For hack photographers like me that want to step up their game and create images that will wow their friends and family, there is a magic tool for you. This tool can be had for the low price of around $40.
This simple Polaroid Optics 58mm HD Multi-Coated Variable Range Filter
The great thing is, you can have this Polaroid Variable Range ND Filter delivered to your home for less than it would cost to drive to a big box store. Through Canadian Shoppe, via Amazon, you can avoid the hassle, and the potential for the big box not to have this item in stock, and have this, or many other camera accessories, shipped with ease.
The filter pictured in this article, compatible with Canon Rebel T3i and most other DSLR cameras can be had for $39.99 from Canadian Shoppe and qualifies for FREE Super Saver Shipping from Amazon. Because the purchase is through Amazon, you also get worry free buyer protection.
I’ve included some example images taken with the help of the Polaroid Variable Range Neutral Density filter. The above was taken on a bright, sunny and rather breezy day in Port Dalhousie, a suburb of St. Catherines, Ontario.
The dam is adjacent to the ruins of the former terminus of the Welland Canal at Lake Ontario. As you can see, the ND filter not only allowed for a water blur effect in the middle of the day, but provides an other-worldly effect from the trees and plants blowing in the wind. This was a 15 second exposure.
Another photo of the hydro electric weir at Port Dalhousie with water and tree blur. This was also a 15 second exposure.
Not the most beautiful subject, this is the back of my home in Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. What the Polaroid Variable Range ND Filter made possible in this and the next image was the blurred clouds. This was a 30 second exposure on an obviously sunny day. If you look to the left side of the house, the reddish blur is my wife.
Some would say the tree blur is not overly desirable. To an extent, I agree. However, image this effect overlooking a body of water or overtop a stationary cityscape. The above image was also a 30 second exposure.
Another example of water blur with the help of the Polaroid Variable Range Neutral Density Filter. This a small waterfall on Pott’s Creek as it empties into the Muskoka River, adjacent to the much larger Muskoka High Falls. This image is an eight second exposure.
Also along Potts Creek, the filter allowed for this 25 second exposure that allowed for the swirl effect of the water as it came off a small drop.
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