This week I have been working on experimenting with some long exposures at the beach at sunset. On the first evening, there were several photographers there shooting the beautiful moonrise as it come up over the horizon. So what was I doing? I was shooting a rock!
Image No 487
Every time I come here I get something very different. I didn’t really care much about the moon, although it was pretty. I had a vision for something different. On this shoot I used a HiTech 1.2 ND (4 stop) filter to slow the shutter speed to 30 seconds. I noticed a couple of rocks on the beach that were much brighter than the rest, so I focused on those. What I captured was somewhat surprising. The resulting image looked very cold, in fact icy cold.
Many times when I go to set up the camera to take a shot, I have a problem with people walking right in front of the camera while I am taking a shot. Some will ask if it’s okay to proceed, but others do not. I was standing at the camera taking a 2 minute exposure when this couple and their dog walked right in front of the camera. I stepped back for a second to snap this picture on my phone but continued to take the shot.
The end result is in the second image. Since the exposure was minutes long moving objects, such as the couple and their dog, will literally disappear from the final image.
Image No 491
I noticed some lighting to the south, so I waited until the sun went down and aimed the camera in the direction of the lightening. I missed a beautiful opportunity when there was many streaks of lightening and the camera was writing to the memory card when it struck. The next shot was the image below. I did manage to capture the 3 bolts of lightening in this 2 minute exposure.
Image No 492
About the images above:
First image
“The Cold Sea” Image No 487:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 24-70mm lens @ 28mm, Format Hitech 1.2 (4 stop) ND filter
8 seconds @f/22, ISO 100
Second image
“Mossy Rocks at Marineland” Image No 491:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 24mm lens, Haida 3.0 (10 stop) ND filter
121 seconds (2 minutes) @f/16, ISO 100
Third image
“Ocean Lightening” Image No 492:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, 24mm lens, no filters
122 seconds (2 minutes) @f/16, ISO 50
