I saw an interesting YouTube video last week talking about ND filters by IIRC Tony Northrop. He showed a technique where instead of using a ND filter he took like 10 shots at IIRC normal exposure and merged them together in Photoshop to a final image. I believe he was shooting at ISO 100 and he said using the 10 shots he ended up with a better result than using the ND filter and an equivalent ISO of like 10. I will have to look for it again, but has anyone ever tried to do that. or can you explain the theory behind that method for me.

Best,
Todd Ferguson

Repleo,
Lovely images! We used to vacation in Wellfleet from the time my daughter and her nephews were infants (1980) until they went off to college. You brought back many fond memories: Uncle Tim's Bridge, Cahoon Hollow Beach and the bar/restaurant at the top of the dune there, the Lunch Box, Long Pond, the Puritan store downtown..... We used to run the 5-miler up a long hill to a park. On July 4th we would head to the beach at Truro with the grill and hot dogs to watch the fireworks. Mary Hadley pottery. Nancy Whorf. We would get fresh seafood (mussels and oysters) from the Swedes, substitute teachers if I remember correctly, across the highway from the slight left turn to go into Wellfleet. The parade on July 4th was a slice of local color! Thanks for the memories (some of which are a little foggy!). I have trays and trays of slides from those vacations shot with a Minolta camera...still have the body and all the lenses, which the sales staff at the local camera shop said "take to Goodwill."

A story of my own, several years ago I found an empty lot across from a day care center I was remodeling. In the early mourning and after work I photographed all of the different bugs visiting the weed invested lot. Several days into it the neighbor across the road came over and demanded to know what I was doing. My first question to the man was if he owned the property, after kicking some dirt around and looking down he said no. I reluctantly let him know what I was doing, taking macro shots for christ sake. He told me he didn't appreciate me being there, I just replied to call the police if he had a problem. This went on for the rest of the week. The following monday when I arrived at the job, I noticed the lot had been mowed, his way of telling me to move on. I should mention the house did receive a lot of traffic a clue to what he was up too. That close to a day care center I'm sure he finally had to move on once they reopened, he was a renter.
I'm don't think I would ever offer up my memory card, but in todays society their are a lot of crazy out there. In the state of florida any time you step off a public road you Are trespassing. If fenced I never step across but have been known to venture in when not fenced. I've had police stop in the middle of the country and tell me to get back in my van and move on. I've had an older fellow drive his car in front of a scene I was trying to photograph, because I was in his neighborhood and he didn't know me. I've had neighbors here in my neighborhood approach me when they see me crawling thru the ditches with a camera and flash asking what the hell I was up too, now everyone nows the guy with the funny hat and camera is OK. We all have rights, but people are a little more nervous, not to mention a whole lot crazier......Being a woman makes it a little more intimidating. It's a shame we just can't enjoy our hobby without somehow pissing others off..

the above "topic" pretty much says it all. I did a little research and found a site that gives the rising and setting in degrees true north for any place and at any date on the calendar. A compass will give magnetic north which is not the same thing as "true" north. Most maps have grid lines that line up with trun north but do not take account of the "inclination" unless you look at the bottom and see an inclination indicator in degrees "west" or "east". If you see where I"m going with all of this and have gone through the same process of trying to figure out where the sun or moon will appear low on the horizon for a good shot, please explain your workflow in this area. I am an amature but want to learn...