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"A frequent question to landscape photographers is: "What filter did you use in that photograph?" This is usually because the person doesn't believe the colours and tones in the photograph are real, and thinks that the photographer has used one of the many 'effect' filters on the market to achieve the result. The truth is that no filter can substitute for being in the right place at the right time to capture the most spectacular light. That's not to say that filters aren't important, however. Properly used, filters allow the photographer to capture a scene that would be virtually impossible to photograph otherwise. I'm talking about those known as graduated neutral density filters, sometimes also referred to as split neutral density."