Long Exposure at Matanzas River, Crescent Beach, Florida

Matanzas River at Crescent Beach

I wanted to get away to the beach tonight and experiment with my camera some. My wife and I were going to go to Matanzas Inlet when I saw the low tide in the Matanzas River as I was crossing the bridge. All the islands of oyster beds caught my attention, and was thinking a shot showing all the little islands would be soooo cool! So I turned around and drove to a spot where people usually launch their boats. I walked out to the oyster beds so I could set up a good shot of them. My wife followed me as I walked out to one of the beds and I set up to take a shot. I wanted a real long long exposure to make the scene in front of me more serine. I used a 10 stop ND filter to slow the shutter speed down to about 4 minutes. This is the resulting shot….