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hiss  ·  4252 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Am I improving?

The water in your b&ws, whether in motion or still, looks ghostly. Not sure if it's intentional, but it's awesome.





khaaan  ·  4250 days ago  ·  link  ·  

iam aiming for the silky smooth water effect I can get up to about a 30 second exposure idealy i would want 3 or 5 minutes.

farfinfar  ·  4247 days ago  ·  link  ·  

what kind of filters are you using to block light ?

I've been pretty happy with a Singh Ray 5 stop filter which works pretty well for getting longer daylight exposures http://www.singh-ray.com/morslo.html

I think they just released a 10 stop version not too long ago as well.

khaaan  ·  4246 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I bought a £3 one from amazon ;- ) it has a couple of stops I put on a UV filter and a circular polarizer as well. An 8 stop one would probably be about right, id have to manually time the shutter speed? as my camera only goes up to 30 seconds.

farfinfar  ·  4246 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yes you would normally set your exposure based on stops etc... does your camera have "bulb mode"?

as for calculating manually - you can work out stops and shutter speed increments or use something like this chart http://www.alexwisephotography.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2...

khaaan  ·  4246 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yes it does ive not tried it though

"So, who wants to be first to try a 1 year exposure?"

oh boy more charts and numbers to learn :-) Thanks.