Inspired by photos here in the landscape forum I decided that I couldn't be without a 10 stop ND filter. The B+W filter I wanted was out of stock so ended up with a Hoya ND400, which is a 9-stop. Today I had some spare time so decided to test it. Combining it with a polarising filter I could get 20-50 second exposures at f/16, even with the sun out. The landscape was nothing special (outskirts of Copenhagen) but I still liked the effect. Hope to use it some more.
Let's see you daytime long exposures, would love some more inspiration
Has anyone ever experimented with blending a long exposure with a normal one, e.g. blending a person into a smoothed out landscape?
C&C welcome.
Thanks for looking,
Jan
Canon 40D, 10-22mm, 27 seconds, f/16, ISO 100.
Edited by Jan Kristensen on Jun 21, 2008 at 08:13 PM GMT
Edited by Jan Kristensen on Jun 22, 2008 at 08:08 AM GMT
Very odd, I'm seeing a horisontal line through the clouds, about a quarter down from the top, in particular in the left side of the image. This line is not visible in the Photobucket pic, that I'm linking to?? Is this a compression artefact and if so, where does it come from?? I'm cunfused!
I compose the photo with the filter off. I focus using auto-focus and then after it locks on focus I then switch off the autofocus to manual focus located right on the body of the lens. Then screw the filter on and take a 45 second exposure. I then "guess" how long an exposure will work based on the camera histogram. After a while you get a pretty good feel for how long an exposure should be.
This was a 40 second exposure. I love the affects this filter achieves. I only wish I had more access to large bodies of water because Tom has some great results with his.
no filters, but 12 second exposures on paper at f64 or f90 I believe I've just placed an order for yellow, orange, red, green, and polarizer filter for my lenses (using step-up rings so they are all the same size!), I'm thinking about picking up a 10 stop ND as well, I enjoyed the slow exposure of the paper, but I'd like to get that effect (and more!) on film!
To of you who posted images on this page - WOW! what an inspiration.
I have to try this.
Jan, Thanks for the tip about the Hoya filter, I've tried buying the B+W here in the UK without success, I've therefore just ebayed the recommended ND400 from the US. Can't wait to try it out.
Good to see that people are being inspired, I know I am
David, the ND400 seems to work well, even when combined with a polariser. They clip the corners at 10mm on my 10-22, though, but only just. Without the polariser my daytime exposure would "only" have been up to about 15-20 seconds, instead on 30-40 seconds with both of them. There's a bit of vignetting but it was easily adjusted in Photoshop.
