Originally Posted by
Corran
You mentioned the hood specifically, so I wasn't sure if you are using the hood to control flare from extraneous light as well or just as a filter holder. I don't use a Lee hood - if I have oblique light hitting the filter/lens, I use my hand or the darkslide to physically shield the lens/filter from light. And assuming the sun isn't in your shot, which precludes the use of a hood anyway, you can be relatively certain your hand/DS isn't in the photo because neither is the sun, if that makes sense.
However, I also have many times used my darkslide as a makeshift GND filter - if you need a 2-stop GND for a 4-second exposure, just put the DS in front of the lens roughly where the edge of the filter should be, and shoot for 3 seconds with the DS waving slightly (to soften the edge) and then pull it away for the last second. It's a little janky but it's worked great for me many times. If you are doing shorter exposures then it does get somewhat impossible though. Since I tend to use 100-speed film and wind isn't usually a massive issue, it works for me if I don't have a GND with me (or, occasionally, I have done it because the light was about to change and I needed to get the shot fast).
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