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Applying neutral density filters

Applying neutral density filters - Photoshop Tutorial

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Applying neutral density filters

I'm here in North Beach in San Francisco. I'm standing here in front of the Transamerica building, a very famous iconic San Francisco landmark. What you may not be as familiar with is the original Transamerica Corporate offices. That's this green copper building that's right in front of me. Beautiful building, it was the Transamerica head office for a long time. And then Francis Ford Coppola bought it and started to use it as his corporate office for his Zoetrope Studios, then he got into making food and wine, and that's what this cafe is here at the bottom. So I want to get a shot of both of these. So I've lined up my camera, I've taken a picture, and this is what I get. I like it except for the cars. If the traffic has stopped, there are just a bunch of cars in front of the cafe. I can't really see it. If the traffic is moving then there is a car right in front of my camera. It's a really dynamic scene here, and I'd like to get more of a sense of the traffic moving and not have it…

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