Day 067, Year 4 - Last Minute Long Exposure  by stevecameras

Day 067, Year 4 - Last Minute Long Exposure

Taken a couple of days ago after the sun had gone down, with very little light really left at all, and with the 10-stop ND filter on the front. I took the camera to Caister, which is another beach nearby, where I haven't been for years. But I wasn't really getting anything I liked. So I headed to my normal spot, set up the Fuji on a metal rail with my Manfrotto K-clamp, and tripod ball head (no need for a tripod with this) and fired a few long exposures.

Not incredibly dramatic but it is nice to get the smooth water and clouds too. And with the RAW conversion I got rid of the very blue colour cast that the ND filter sometimes gives, the added a little magenta to give a bit of warmth. With a little grad filter on top added in post as well it gives a slightly (very!) different impression of the day.

But i'm cool with that :)

3 good things:

1 - Bacon and egg sandwich, and nice coffee for lunch at a friend's house in Norwich
2 - A trip the Wex Photographic showroom in Norwich to buy some sensor cleaning products
3 - A lovely long run round Gorleston before dinner in the evening
Beautiful clouds blurred in the sky!
March 9th, 2016  
@jenniferruge Thank you Jennifer!
March 9th, 2016  
I love the colour gradient Steve. It took me a while to work out what I was looking at with the posts so close together. Great effect. Fav
March 9th, 2016  
WOW...this is very cool. Really catches your (my) eye!! FAV
March 9th, 2016  
Marvelous long exposure
March 10th, 2016  
So smoooooth and creamy. Nice.
March 10th, 2016  
So soft and dream, makes you want to drift in the calm water. Beautiful shot!
March 10th, 2016  
Beautiful long exposure shot.
March 10th, 2016  
@mittens Thank you Marilyn!
March 11th, 2016  
Beautiful shot! I had to google the Manfrotto K clamp,looks like a handy piece of equipment!
March 23rd, 2016  
@ukandie1 It's very handy. And the clamp and my Manfrotto ball-head attached to it is always in my camera bag now.
April 6th, 2016  
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